[Panzer04]

Presumably they mean that if you want to post a comment to hacker news you give them the right to do what you want them to do.

I'm presuming there's no catchy legal gotcha around the "doing as you request" clause.

[jimjimwii]

That's nice and all, but most people are worried about the other "rights" this would grant them and their partners. (What they can vs what they say they will)