this seems to only apply to their hosted services and not the binary itself?
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The terms on the right to use user data in section 4.1 are also a bit surprising. I'd expect that from a social network like Facebook, but not from a text editor.
Never understood a terms of service existing if the project code license is GPL or such. Can't this just be forked and cured of anti features, if people value it enough to do so?
Binding arbitration (aka, if we break the law you can't sue us) aught to be illegal in every country.
Note that Zed has an Affero GPL, which limits others from competing with Zed Industries in the service space.
The zed-industries Github repository lists Zed licenses as AGPL, Apache and GPLv3.
The AGPL refers to the GNU Affero General Public license, which does not limit others from competing. Unless you mean the fact that forks must share source code when accessed over a network?
I mistakenly thought it was more restrictive, thanks.
Doesn't the AGPL just say that you can't keep your changes/improvements private? (honest question: I seem to recall so, but I'm not really sure)
It seems you’re right. I may be confusing it with another license.
It is intended for software designed to be run over a network, adding a provision requiring that the corresponding source code of modified versions of the software be prominently offered to all users who interact with the software over a network.