Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 67/100)
The Open Source Initiative claims a perpetual, worldwide, and irrevocable license to your content and reserves the right to modify terms without notice.
Perpetual content license, unilateral changes, and broad indemnification.
you irrevocably grant OSI the perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license, with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers of sublicensees
You give OSI a permanent, global right to use, modify, and share your content, which they can also pass on to others.
OSI may update the TOS at any time and without prior notice by posting a new version
OSI can change these terms whenever they want without notifying you.
You agree to indemnify and hold OSI... harmless from any claim or demand, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees
If someone sues OSI because of something you did, you have to pay their legal bills.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that OSI may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: a. comply with legal process
OSI will share your private data with law enforcement or government agencies if they decide it is necessary.
You and OSI agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California.
Any legal dispute must be handled in a specific court in California, regardless of where you live.
Last reviewed 2026-08-02 under rubric v3.5.