Legal notice

Last updated November 2026

Who runs PURSS, and how to reach them.

Operator

The hosted PURSS is run by Program Sam, on a server Program Sam manages.

Contact

Reach Program Sam through github.com/program-sam.

The software

PURSS is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. It is built on FreshRSS, which fetches the feeds. Anyone may use, change and host it; anyone who distributes it, or runs a changed version as a network service, shares their source under the same license.

Content you follow

Articles, videos and podcasts shown in a PURSS come from the sources each person chose to follow and belong to their publishers. PURSS doesn't rank them. On the hosted service, Discovery (coming soon) suggests sources, never single items, to readers who share their own, and says why; suggestions are never mixed into your lists.

Shared pages

A shared page (an address with /p/ in it) is published by the person named on it, not by Program Sam. It links to articles that belong to their publishers and shows only their titles, short summaries and that person's own public notes. To report a page that breaks the law or our terms, including a copyright complaint, use the Report this page link at its foot.

Terms and privacy

Using the hosted service is covered by the terms of service and the privacy policy.