Dmoz.org submissions agreement

[Cosmos75]

I was planning on submitting my website to dmoz.org but then I red their agreement. It says;

In exchange for ODP's consideration of the site I am submitting, I agree

* To be bound by the ODP's Terms of Use.
* To waive any claim related to the inclusion, placement, exclusion, or removal of this or any other site in the ODP Directory or to the title or description of any site appearing in the ODP Directory; and
* To grant Netscape Communications Corporation a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, copy, edit, modify, or create derivative works from my submission.
What does that last sentence mean?
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[Bob Phillips]

I was planning on submitting my website to dmoz.org but then I red their agreement. It says;

What does that last sentence mean?
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Sounds to me that you are giving it away. It is non-exclusive, so I would think you can still do what you want with it, but so can Netscape.

[Killian]

Exactly so.
Whether it means they ever would do anything using or derived from your content isn't clear, but by having this in the terms and conditions means they will never be faced with any issues over IP (intellectual property) rights if any of your content is used, for example, for promotional purposes or on any of Netscape's other portals or directories.
But then it does also mean they could rip-off any of your ideas.

If you have a particular requirement to protect the IP of any of your content then you should contact them for clarification.

[Cosmos75]

Thanks for the replies!
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I didn't submit my website as I was afraid of that.