yes, and per HN terms and conditions only YC and YC affiliated (as you quoted) can use the api legally. I don't license my content to anyone else and so it shouldn't be use by anyone else, even if it's available on a free-for-all API (nice move HN, btw).

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moralestapia 2 hours ago | parent [-]

https://github.com/HackerNews/API/blob/master/LICENSE

It's right there, you just have to click the link I shared ...

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GeoAtreides an hour ago | parent [-]

that's the license for the API, not the content/data the API serves

	▲	jupr an hour ago \| parent [-]
		>including without limitation the rights to use 'use'...arguably the sole purpose of the API is to fetch the data. You are grasping at straws.