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Does a FOSS App need TOS and Privacy Policy? (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by moonleay@feddit.de to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I'm currently working on a FOSS Discord bot. When I host an official instance of said bot, do I need a TOS and or Privacy Policy, or is a link to the license (in my case GPLv3) enough?

I live in Germany, if that makes a difference.

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[–] SciPiTie@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Disclaimer: also Hobby person but did some more reading on that topic in the past. . Think about what those things are then decide:

The tos are your conditions: I as provider of this service will reserve the right to x. When a user does y I will do z. It's cover your ass for businesses.

A privacy policy on the other hand might be required by law as soon as you process user data in any way. This is something that I would look into your jurisdiction and their requirements. I'd guess Germany is more on the formal side on things (clichés and everything)

In short: you don't need a tos but most likely want one. You don't want a privacy policy but most likely need one. :)

[–] moonleay@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

tyvm!