Well, whaddaya know.
First, Yuku's Knowledge Base is completely borked. Lovely table of contents, less lovely lack of contents to go with the table.
Second, we wouldn't be the first to want to transfer forum data. Surprise, surprise, it's a Terms of Use violation. At least that post was considerably more straightforward than an older one from 2011 with made vague references to violations of individual users' copyrights inherent in transferring forum contents. Also, it's from over two years ago, and predates the acquisition by Tapatalk.
On the off chance that they're still applicable, I'm looking for these terms of use, but so far all I've found is an End-User License Agreement for Tapatalk which refers specifically to those who use the plug-in or visit Tapatalk.com. Since we don't live on Tapatalk.com, and as far as I know none of us use the "plug-in", I don't think it really applies to us.
(Anyone know what the Tapatalk "plug-in" is, while we're at it? I came across a "Lisence" (sic) agreement for it while looking for those Terms of Use. Anything which uses such bad spelling in such a large font always catches my eye.)
There's a Tapatalk Terms of Service, but again it very clearly does not mention Yuku, and is all about being on Tapatalk.com and using their API. Now, the use of the API may be happening behind the scenes as part of the transition of Yuku -- something we might want to be aware of, as we may already unknowingly be subject to these TOS.
But frankly, folks, if those "Terms of Use" cited in the first link still exist, they're very thoroughly hidden. And nothing I can see in any of the "Terms" and "License" pages explicitly bans us from archiving our content and using it elsewhere. But it might be good if other pairs of eyes go over those pages and check my interpretation.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
First, Yuku's Knowledge Base is completely borked. Lovely table of contents, less lovely lack of contents to go with the table.
Second, we wouldn't be the first to want to transfer forum data. Surprise, surprise, it's a Terms of Use violation. At least that post was considerably more straightforward than an older one from 2011 with made vague references to violations of individual users' copyrights inherent in transferring forum contents. Also, it's from over two years ago, and predates the acquisition by Tapatalk.
On the off chance that they're still applicable, I'm looking for these terms of use, but so far all I've found is an End-User License Agreement for Tapatalk which refers specifically to those who use the plug-in or visit Tapatalk.com. Since we don't live on Tapatalk.com, and as far as I know none of us use the "plug-in", I don't think it really applies to us.
(Anyone know what the Tapatalk "plug-in" is, while we're at it? I came across a "Lisence" (sic) agreement for it while looking for those Terms of Use. Anything which uses such bad spelling in such a large font always catches my eye.)
There's a Tapatalk Terms of Service, but again it very clearly does not mention Yuku, and is all about being on Tapatalk.com and using their API. Now, the use of the API may be happening behind the scenes as part of the transition of Yuku -- something we might want to be aware of, as we may already unknowingly be subject to these TOS.
But frankly, folks, if those "Terms of Use" cited in the first link still exist, they're very thoroughly hidden. And nothing I can see in any of the "Terms" and "License" pages explicitly bans us from archiving our content and using it elsewhere. But it might be good if other pairs of eyes go over those pages and check my interpretation.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.