Canonical Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 100/100)

Launchpad's terms primarily govern the licensing of hosted open-source projects and content, with no predatory clauses regarding data ownership or user rights.

Terms focus on open-source licensing and project eligibility. No red flags.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
UNCLEAR
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Automated Querying

We reserve the right to limit the access of individual users who make requests too often

The company may restrict your API access if you exceed usage limits.

Bugs Copyright

All bug comments are the property of the people who created them.

You retain ownership of the comments you post to the bug tracker.

Project Eligibility

Launchpad is free of charge for free software projects which meet the following criteria

The service is provided for free to projects that adhere to open-source principles.

Personal Package Archive Eligibility

Canonical reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse, or remove any or all content

The company has broad discretion to remove content from the platform.

Last reviewed 2026-07-26 under rubric v3.5.

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