I would think that the below is simply to say "You can't reproduce it in an article or sell it as it is." If you read 4.2 closely the prohibition appears to be on Red Gate materials not on all materials on the site. However it can be easily read that they have licensed the materials and can exert influence to remove blatant plagiarism or theft. Using the content of the forum in your company for commercial purposes does not appear to be prohibited as long as it is code in a working product and not a book or article using wholesale from the site.
lnoland (5/28/2014)
Were you guys aware that SQLServerCentral doesn't allow any of the content you guys post here to be used for any commercial use? I was looking over the terms of use and was kind of shocked to see the following:4.2 [highlight=#ffff11]Any material contained in the Site (the "Red Gate Materials")[/highlight] and all intellectual property rights in the Red Gate Materials are either owned by us or have been licensed to us by the rights owner(s) so that we can use those Red Gate Materials as part of the Site. You are only allowed to use the Site, the Red Gate Materials and any intellectual property rights in them on the basis of these Term of Use.
4.3 [highlight=#ffff11]You are not permitted to copy or use any of the Red Gate Materials for any purpose[/highlight], although you may print a copy of any page of the Site for your [highlight=#ffff11]personal, non-commercial use[/highlight]. Replication of content through feeds is not permitted. Feeds are limited to 500 characters and must include a link to the relevant content on sqlservercentral.com.
That seems like a pretty harsh restriction for a site like this. I've learned a lot here and luckily they can't take away what I've learned but as for all the great code examples, etc., that you guys have shared, if I want to take advantage of them, apparently my only choice is to reinvent the wheel. I have been a great fan of this site but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
- Les