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contrib-versions

Documents versions that are not maintained by a dedicated actor. Maintained collaboratively by volunteer contributors.

6Distinct people
8Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
155GitHub stars
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What it is

Documents versions that are not maintained by a dedicated actor. Maintained collaboratively by volunteer contributors.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month8 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-07-30 10:28:11 UTC to 2023-09-15 01:23:36 UTC.

012342021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 commentsJul 20212021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 20222022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 2023

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
UTC ranges include their start and exclude their end. Select a period to filter the source evidence.
PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 20212021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC404
Aug 20212021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20212021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20212021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20212021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20212021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20222022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20222022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20222022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20222022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20222022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20222022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20222022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20222022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20222022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20222022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20222022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20232023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20232023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20232023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20232023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20232023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20232023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20232023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 20232023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

8 sources
Hello everyone Thank you for your interest for Open Terms Archive. As a reminder, OTA is the database of all ToS and their modifications for all companies in the world, in all languages, for all countries. Everything in a format that can be easily used to create applications. We have updated our privacy policy, thank you for pointing out that it was not complete. The only personal data we record is the email of a person who subscribes to the email notification service for changes to a document of their choice. As mentioned below, it is perfectly possible to follow the modifications of a document without giving your email address: - by RSS feed https://github.com/ambanum/OpenTermsArchive#by-rss - by browsing the repository https://github.com/ambanum/OpenTermsArchive-versions @indus: very nice idea to store your privacy policy in github! @s
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tared, @barredo: also a good idea, we will add, upon selection of service and document type, a direct link to github story see all changes. This way you can get a good idea of what you might receive by email if you decide to subscribe @cdubzzz: awesome, we will add the services you used to track on https://github.com/cdubz/legal-copy-histories/tree/master/hi... @jvolkman: very cool indeed but we have decided to not take their word for it @remram, thanks for the tip, we will contact them. We also already work with https://tosdr.org/ @tcmb, if you have any problem while adding a document on OTA, you can join us anytime at contact@opentermsarchive.org If you want to help us, you can : - Add or edit services and documents via a Pull Request on Github (read our documentation about it: https://github.com/ambanum/OpenTermsArchive/blob/master/CONT...). You can also use the contribution interface (https://opentermsarchive.org/en/contribute) which is useful for people who don't know Github (but it doesn't work for all sites). - Build tools from the dataset (https://github.com/ambanum/OpenTermsArchive-versions/release...) or the API (https://disinfo.quaidorsay.fr/api/open-terms-archive/docs). As an example we have built Scripta Manent (https://disinfo.quaidorsay.fr/en/open-terms-archive/scripta-...), a tool that allows to compare a document between two dates. - Improving our source code (https://github.com/ambanum/OpenTermsArchive): our biggest task is to add document tracking in several languages and jurisdictions, which is far from being an easy task. - Raise awareness of the project and help us find funding so that OTA can continue to develop and become a digital commons. - Follow us on Twitter @OpenTerms where we post changes to documents that we find interesting. Thank you !
In Open Terms Archive – Follow changes to terms of service
Setting something like this up has been an idea of mine for a while. Glad someone's done it. Being able to get simple plain-text diffs of documents (preferably through git) that you've agreed to or signed should be the expected standard. Not just for privacy policies online, but for any contractual change in our personal and work lives. Here's Facebook's Privacy Policy from the Open Terms Archive: https://github.com/ambanum/OpenTermsArchive-versions/commits....
In Open Terms Archive – Follow changes to terms of service

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