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Because the license is perpetual, irrevocable, and sub-licensable, users permanently lose exclusive control over submitted content and cannot later revoke Databricks' rights to use or further license it.
Any content you submit automatically becomes subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license that Databricks may sub-license and use in a broad range of ways.
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Upwork grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the executable code version of the Software for your use solely in connection with work you perform on or through the Site.
We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license under the rights licensable by us to use the services and use Content from our services solely for your personal use...
...you grant to users of your model a nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, store, and create derivative works from your LoRA and its output.
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Because the license is perpetual, irrevocable, and sub-licensable, users permanently lose exclusive control over submitted content and cannot later revoke Databricks' rights to use or further license it.
Any content you submit automatically becomes subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license that Databricks may sub-license and use in a broad range of ways.
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