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Interesting. So what makes theirs not “optional text nobody reads or understands”?


> what makes theirs not “optional text nobody reads or understands”?

You accept it. You pay consideration for it. If your website has a TOS dickover, that requires someone attest with their legal name and pay you $1, yes, it may be enforceable under some circumstances.


I think you’re failing to understand copyright law.

Without a licence you can’t wget -r a website and make copies of the materials on it, alter them, and so forth.




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