Does a FOSS App need TOS and Privacy Policy?

moonleay@feddit.de to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org – 28 points –

I'm currently working on a FOSS Discord bot. When I host an official instance of said bot, do I need a TOS and or Privacy Policy, or is a link to the license (in my case GPLv3) enough?

I live in Germany, if that makes a difference.

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What do you mean by this?

Many things in life come with legal, moral or financial requirements and obligations. The OP presumably wishes to know whether there are any that they might not yet have considered in their situation.

The OP presumably ...

We don't need to presume anything, OP can speak for themselves.

We don’t need to presume anything, OP can speak for themselves.

Sure they can! Until they do, there's my helpful take for the meantime.
But don't take my word for it, you could also piece together their intent by them thanking all the other helpful responses in this thread that happen to elaborate on legal obligations 😄