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The comment above has started a sh-tstorm. Please, slow down and learn about the details before jumping to conclusions. Most of us here did NOT "go pro" in the

by xpe 5mo ago

The comment above has started a sh-tstorm. Please, slow down and learn about the details before jumping to conclusions. Most of us here did NOT "go pro" in the law. [1] For those that want to educate themselves, you could do worse than immediately leave HN and go _learn_: 1. SaaS Agreements: Key Contractual Provisions https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2021-november/saas-agreements-key-contractual-provisions/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/bu... 2. Cornell Law School's Wex: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex 3. Coursera : American Contract Law I (Yale prof): https://www.coursera.org/learn/contracts-1 https://www.coursera.org/learn/contracts-1 4. Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreements: Thomson Reuters/Westlaw (paywalled; trial available) https://content.next.westlaw.com/practical-law/document/I61c664ca644111e38578f7ccc38dcbee/Software-as-a-Service-SaaS-Agreements https://content.next.westlaw.com/practical-law/document/I61c... If anyone has good detailed resources that are free, please add. [1] IANAL but I wasn't that far from going down that path. I've worked for a legal-tech startup, did really well in an undergrad Constitutional Law class, incorporated several small companies, managed lots of contractor agreements. So, I know from experience: legal language is weird and specific in ways you may not realize. So be intellectually humble and defer judgment until you talk to a legal expert. Hopefully people more experienced than I can weigh in with more specifics.

otabdeveloper4 5mo ago
> my text editor has a SaaS license agreement
Intralexical 5mo ago
If you need an education in law to be able to trust a business isn't trying to steal from you, then maybe you just shouldn't trust that business at all. Especially for something like a code editor, where plenty of less-shady competitors are available.
- xpe 5mo ago
  > Especially for something like a code editor, where plenty of less-shady competitors are available. On what basis are you claiming Zed is shady? I seek evidence, not feels. If you don't understand the contract language, it seems rather presumptuous to make that kind of claim. See what I mean? If you want to make a _relative_ claim, then I have to ask: have you read the licenses of VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, WindSurf?

by xpe 5mo ago

otabdeveloper4 5mo ago

> my text editor has a SaaS license agreement

Intralexical 5mo ago

If you need an education in law to be able to trust a business isn't trying to steal from you, then maybe you just shouldn't trust that business at all. Especially for something like a code editor, where plenty of less-shady competitors are available.

xpe 5mo ago
> Especially for something like a code editor, where plenty of less-shady competitors are available. On what basis are you claiming Zed is shady? I seek evidence, not feels. If you don't understand the contract language, it seems rather presumptuous to make that kind of claim. See what I mean? If you want to make a _relative_ claim, then I have to ask: have you read the licenses of VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, WindSurf?