In simple English
This is a collection of official rules that govern how people use GitHub. You can read terms of service, privacy statements and acceptable use guidelines in one place. GitHub lets anyone copy these texts to use for their own projects. You do not pay any money to read or use them. You still need a lawyer to check if the rules fit your specific business.
What it is
A public repository containing the terms of service, privacy policy and other legal guidelines used by GitHub. Every file is open to public feedback through pull requests and issues.
What it is good for
Founders who want to write terms of service or privacy policies for their own software products without starting from a blank page.
- Free to copy and adapt for your own projects under a zero-restriction public domain licence.
- Shows how a large technology company writes clear legal agreements and policy updates.
- Allows you to see the history of changes made to legal terms through standard version control.
- Does not provide legal advice, and GitHub makes no guarantee that these terms fit your business.
- Requires you to carefully rewrite company-specific names and rules before you use any part of it.
- Does not grant any trademark permissions, so you cannot use GitHub brand names in your own policies.
Starting a privacy policy or terms of service document from a blank page.
A text editor or markdown viewer for reading and editing the policy files.
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Clone the repository with git clone https://github.com/github/site-policy.git or read the files directly on GitHub.