Inconsistency in Legal Info

dave-alt-4

In the Terms of Use it states
5.4 The Scratch name, Scratch logo, Scratch Day logo, Scratch Cat, and Gobo are Trademarks owned by the Scratch Team. The MIT name and logo are Trademarks owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unless you are licensed by Scratch under a specific licensing program or agreement, you may not use these logos to label, promote, or endorse any product or service. You may use the Scratch Logo to refer to the Scratch website and programming language.

However, the FAQ says
May I use / remix Scratch support materials, sprites, images, sounds or sample projects I’ve found on the website?
Yes: Most Scratch support materials on the Scratch website are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. There are a few exceptions: the Scratch Logo, Scratch Cat, Gobo, Pico, Nano, Giga, and Tera are Scratch trademarks, and can not be used without explicit permission from the Scratch Team.

Queer_Royalty

bump

dertermenter

The whole terms of use is in a state. It’s also illegal to post anything unconstructive or post projects using the 3.0 offline editor. I think overall it just needs a big revamp which includes a careful checkover. Scratch really needs to take more care of TOU - it’s a legal document, after all.

Queer_Royalty

dertermenter wrote:
The whole terms of use is in a state. It’s also illegal to post anything unconstructive or post projects using the 3.0 offline editor. I think overall it just needs a big revamp which includes a careful checkover. Scratch really needs to take more care of TOU - it’s a legal document, after all.

Queer_Royalty

Bump/ring
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7salad3salad

Dang why aint this fixed yet?!!?

Sasha_Banks272

7salad3salad wrote:
Dang why aint this fixed yet?!!?

I doubt the Scratch Team has seen this. And if they did, they probably just ignored it like the other topics. But if that's the case, then they are probably making their descison.

GamesForFun-Leo037

Great idea. Legal stuff are the last things where you want inconsistencies to be

Queer_Royalty

This topic is a state of eternal bump.

Queer_Royalty

bump

Queer_Royalty

*sigh* bump

Queer_Royalty

Queer_Royalty wrote:
*sigh* bump

vudeptrai090211

Support! This will reduce accidents!

Austinato

Sure, this is a good idea, though I do raise a new question. Does this mean other default sprites such as Abby, Jaime, and/or Wizard-a aren't included?

samq64

The reason for this is probably because the terms of use was updated in 2016 while the FAQ was updated more recently.

Queer_Royalty

Austinato wrote:
Sure, this is a good idea, though I do raise a new question. Does this mean other default sprites such as Abby, Jaime, and/or Wizard-a aren't included?

Yes, I think (I'm not a lawyer – I haven't even finished middle school):

The FAQ wrote:
Yes: Most Scratch support materials on the Scratch website are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. There are a few exceptions: the Scratch Logo, Scratch Cat, Gobo, Pico, Nano, Giga, and Tera are Scratch trademarks, and can not be used without explicit permission from the Scratch Team.

Terms of Use wrote:
5.2 Scratch provides support materials, including images, sounds, video, and sample code, to help users build projects. Support materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. You may also use screenshots of Scratch under the same license. Please note that this does not apply to materials that are also trademarked by the Scratch Team or other parties as described in parts 5.4 and 5.5, below.

Last edited by Queer_Royalty (Oct. 30, 2021 19:14:12)

Queer_Royalty

bump

GlowinqStarz

Support. This would be easy to fix (I think), and can help cause less confusion with the licenses.

Queer_Royalty

bump (I feel bad that I'm bumping it just because it's on the bottom of the 2nd page, but this is important I think)

banana439monkey

coming back here, it's also worth pointing out that it should be changed that legally you can only use scratch 1.4 in the tou, so maybe everything needs a thorough review?

Banana

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