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by doppenhe 2364 days ago
Algorithmia here . What are you concerned about license wise? You own all ip always. There is some restrictions if you choose to commercialize on our service (mostly guarantee you won't take it down on users). System was built for this. Happy to answer questions
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Oh hi! I was looking at the terms on this page (https://algorithmia.com/api_dev_terms)

The Software License section states:

> You do not transfer ownership of the Software to Algorithmia, but you do hereby grant Algorithmia, in its capacity as the provider of the Services, a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up and royalty free license to use and permit others to use the Software (including the source code if made viewable) in any manner and without restriction of any kind or accounting to you, including, without limitation, the right to make, have made, sell, offer for sale, use, rent, lease, import, copy, prepare derivative works, publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute all or any part of the Software and any modifications, derivatives and combinations thereof and to sublicense (directly or indirectly through multiple tiers) or transfer any and all such rights; <and then some stuff about FOSS>

I'm no lawyer but my reading of this is that I own the IP but by using the platform Algorithmia receives a perpetual and irrevocable license to do as they please with the models, even if they're intended to be private.

Please correct me if I'm mistaken! I've been playing around with Algorithmia and quite like it, but that specific part is a bit off-putting and makes me hesitate to put the most important parts of our product on Algorithmia.

It's not used for private models. Its meant to make sure if someone builds an application based on your models you won't yank that version from under them. If you never expose your model (for profit) you can delete at will and we have no rights.