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Legal Issues
Is our software violating any licensing agreements?
First, here are all of the third-party software that we plan to use: Steam API
Ensure we have the right to use as we plan:
For Steam API, here is the licensing agreement link https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apiterms use the link to hyperlink the section 2 portion to make it known etc if you want idk
Our software will not violate any of the sections. Focusing on the certain points pertained to our app, for Section 2 (License to Steam Web API and Steam Data):
- We will post a privacy policy.
- We agree to providing the Steam Data without any modifications to the users.
- We will keep our Steam Web API key confidential and not share with other parties.
- We will not violate any other licenses
- We will not go over the 100,000 per day call limit for the Steam Web API.
We will stay under the Firebase/ MongoDB rate limits when accessing data.
Are there any intellectual property constraints placed by the owner of any dataset we need to use?
First, here are our datasets:
There might be an issue of Game Names, but "you are allowed to include game names that are trademarked (like Fortnite, Valorant, Minecraft, etc.) in your filter or search list, as long as you use them purely for identification and categorization, not for branding or implying affiliation."
For Steam API, here is the licensing agreement: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apiterms
"9. Intellectual Property. The Steam Web API, Steam Data, and Valve Brand & Links are the property of Valve, and subject to the intellectual property rights of Valve and its licensors. (c) 1996 -2010 Valve Corporation. All rights not explicitly granted are reserved. Valve, Steam, the Valve logo and the Steam logo are registered trademarks of Valve Corporation."
Answer Here
Can our users use our app to break the law? Post copyright works on your webapp? Steal information? etc.
The only issues that might happen are users posting copyright works like Clips from other players or streamers and then claiming it as their own, or users posting explicit photos of themselves or others on their profile that wouldn't be allowed and could be considered sexual harassment. Identity theft and pretending to be someone they are not is another issue that could arise in our app.