Yes, you're right, it is definitely a mistake. As Gail has pointed out, it was done at a time when the site was suffering from the community's contributions being plagiarized by several sites. The wording was intended to allow us to take legal action against out-and-out plagiarists easily on behalf of the community, and the last thing on our minds was any desire to stop legitimate use of what the community has submitted. We're getting it changed as soon as we can find an acceptable wording. I would have written ‘You are not permitted to republish any of the Red Gate Materials for any purpose without explicit consent from the owners of the intellectual property’, but then I'm not a lawyer!

In the meantime, if anyone needs an assurance about using any of the materials on the site for their work, then drop Steve, Tony or I an email.