I was all excited to get started with Coda for my new organisation and took a Pro Plan under that id, but in good order, decided to read the terms and conditions of Coda and was horrified to read the rights Coda is seeking over the content I put in Coda Docs. To extract from the terms :
[A user/I grant] “to Coda a non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to use, host, process, store, reproduce, analyze, transmit, archive, modify, publish, list information regarding, translate, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with Coda’s provision of the Services and as otherwise described hereunder.” (Terms of Service)
I know the last part qualifies saying for use in connection with Coda’s provision of the Services, but it does not mean provision of Services to me; and ‘in connection with’ is a broad word lawyers often use for potential overreach.
Considering Coda targets enterprise users, how can such a term be justified? Typically, other service providers offer more respect for user content, especially for paid accounts. This doesn’t seem to be the case with Coda.
I attempted to contact support via my Pro account to clarify my understanding but was unable to get past the bot support. Therefore, I am posting this here to inform the community and in hopes that a Coda representative will provide the necessary clarity.