If you send Databricks any ideas, feedback, or suggestions through their websites, those submissions become Databricks' property immediately, they can use them in any way they like, and you are not entitled to any payment or credit.
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Any idea or suggestion submitted through a Databricks website, including business process suggestions or product feature requests, can be freely used by Databricks without compensation or acknowledgment to the submitter.
Users who submit feedback or ideas through Databricks websites permanently transfer those submissions to Databricks and waive any right to compensation, meaning even commercially valuable ideas shared informally through web forms are covered by this clause.
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"If you submit any ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals ("Submissions") to Databricks through the Sites, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Submissions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) Databricks is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Submissions; (c) Databricks shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Submissions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) Databricks may have something similar to the Submissions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Submissions automatically become the property of Databricks without any obligation of Databricks to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Databricks under any circumstances.Excerpt from Databricks's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The feedback assignment clause is common in commercial technology website terms, but the statement that 'your Submissions automatically become the property of Databricks' may interact with applicable intellectual property law in jurisdictions …
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Any idea or suggestion submitted through a Databricks website, including business process suggestions or product feature requests, can be freely used by Databricks without compensation or acknowledgment to the submitter.
Users who submit feedback or ideas through Databricks websites permanently transfer those submissions to Databricks and waive any right to compensation, meaning even commercially valuable ideas shared informally through web forms are covered by this clause.
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