Terms of Use for Open Source Pizza (OSP)

  • Recipes Are Not Copyrighted Please see the article on copyright.gov for the explanation of copyright - what can and cannot be protected. Quoted from that article (highlight mine):
    What Is Not Protected by Copyright?
    Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others:
    • Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or recorded)
    • Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents
    • Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration
    • Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources)
    So, if we define a recipe as a "list of ingredients and simple steps (procedure and methods) to take to produce desired results" it means that recipes are not protectable by copyright. However, the explanations or descriptions about the recipe and methods may be.
  • Your Own Work. By submitting a recipe, you confirm that the recipe is your own creation or that you have appropriate permissions to post it on a public website.
  • Open Source Pizza retains rights. Open Source Pizza reserves the right to publish and use the recipe in part or in whole, including preparing and cooking the recipe for personal and commercial use. The meals made using these recipes may be sold in the future, and you will not be compensated in any way for recipes we use. We will most likely, however, provide a public mention on the website of which recipe is being used at the time, and the username of the one who submitted the recipe will be displayed.
  • Your Information. You will use your Google account to log in to the Open Source Pizza website, which means OSP does not see or store your password. Your Google email address will be stored, along with the information you provide in your account. Please choose your Display Name carefully, this will be displayed next to the recipes and comments you submit. Your full name will not be displayed.