Point 12 states that “This forum and the posts within it are the property of Epic Games, Inc. If we think that someone is making the forums a less pleasant place for our customers to discuss our products, we?ll remove the messages or accounts as we see fit.”
Does that mean that any code samples/snippets a user posts becomes intellectual property of Epic Games?
Hi JKnife,
The answer to your question is yes. Here is the section of the EULA that describes what you are talking about:
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Section 8: Feedback and Submissions:
If you provide Epic with any Feedback, Epic is free to use the Feedback however it chooses. If you make any Submission available to Epic, you hereby assign to Epic all right, title, and interest (including all copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights) in that Submission for all current and future methods and forms of exploitation in any country. If any such rights may not be assigned under applicable law, you hereby grant Epic a non-exclusive, fully-paid, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable license to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, make, use, have made, sell, offer to sell, import, modify and make derivative works based on, and otherwise exploit that Submission for all current and future methods and forms of exploitation in any country. If any such rights may not be assigned or licensed under applicable law (such as moral and other personal rights), you hereby waive and agree not to assert all such rights. However, you may continue to freely use any Feedback that you provide to Epic, and you may continue to use, in any way consistent with the License, any Submission that you make available to Epic.
You understand and agree that Epic is not required to make any use of any Feedback or Submission that you provide. You agree that if Epic makes use of your Feedback or Submission, Epic is not required to credit or compensate you for your contribution.
You represent and warrant that you have sufficient rights in any Feedback or Submission that you provide to Epic to grant Epic and other affected parties the rights described above. This includes but is not limited to intellectual property rights and other proprietary or personal rights.
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I hope this helps!