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Ask HN: Are There GPL-Like Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, etc for Webapps?
If I wanted to release a software package, I can use the MIT/BSD/GPL/some FLOSS license with a strong warranty disclaimer in it to cover my butt from legal problems. Is there a similar solution for web applications? It seems that as soon as I accept any data from the user I have to worry about data security regulations, privacy laws like CA's Consumer Privacy Act or GPDR in europe, child protection laws like COPPA, DMCA if I want user submitted content, etc. etc.
I'm not going to have a lawyer draft legal documents for each side project I want to put up. Googling shows a bunch of options, I can't tell which templates are any good for protecting me against liability. My greatest fear is some legal troll taking everything I own because of some side project. Any thoughts/advice?