> By uploading your content to GitHub, you’ve granted them a license to use that content to “improve the Service over time”, as specified in the ToS.
That's nonsense because they could claim that for almost any reason.
E.g. assume Google put the source code of Google search in Github. Then Github copies that code and uses it in their own search, since that "improves the service". Would that be legal?
It's like selling a pen and claiming the rights to anything written with it.
If the pen was sold with a contract that said the seller has the rights to anything written with it, then yes. These types of contracts are actually quite common, for example an employment contract will almost certainly include an IP grant clause. Pretty much any website that hosts user-generated content as well. IANAL, but quite familiar with business law.
That's nonsense because they could claim that for almost any reason.
E.g. assume Google put the source code of Google search in Github. Then Github copies that code and uses it in their own search, since that "improves the service". Would that be legal?
It's like selling a pen and claiming the rights to anything written with it.