Provision record
Databricks · Databricks Terms of Service · View original document ↗

Perpetual Royalty-Free License Grant for Submissions

High confidence Common · 249 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What license does Databricks automatically receive to user submissions?
“Unless otherwise specifically agreed to by you and Databricks, by uploading, e-mailing, posting, publishing or otherwise transmitting any Submission, you hereby acknowledge that such Submission is non-confidential and you automatically grant...to Databricks a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, make, have made, offer for sale, sell, copy, distribute, perform, display...modify, adapt, publish, transmit...”
Version CA-V-006770, captured Sept. 11, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Databricks automatically receives a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, fully paid-up, and royalty-free license to use, make, have made, offer for sale, sell, copy, distribute, perform, display, modify, adapt, publish, and transmit user submissions.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

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.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

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.

How other platforms handle this

Teladoc

Teladoc Health grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Platforms in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

Stripe

User grants to Stripe...a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use that Feedback for any purpose.

Zoom

Zoom grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, and royalty-free license to use the Software in object code format on a compatible device for your internal use only...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Unless otherwise specifically agreed to by you and Databricks, by uploading, e-mailing, posting, publishing or otherwise transmitting any Submission, you hereby acknowledge that such Submission is non-confidential and you automatically grant...to Databricks a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, make, have made, offer for sale, sell, copy, distribute, perform, display...modify, adapt, publish, transmit...

Excerpt from Databricks's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Databricks Terms of Service
Entity
Databricks
Date stated by the document
May 25, 2018
As printed in Databricks’s text (version CA-V-006770), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
April 29, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006770, captured Sept. 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-046568
Document ID
CA-D-000459
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-006770)
14cd440a1287368639f3ada1eaaef28d07064d526b89efe99dc15ba4fd34bd07
Analysis generated
May 10, 2026 02:08 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006770, captured Sept. 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 6, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Databricks
Document: Databricks Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-046568
Version: CA-V-006770
Captured: 2026-09-11 00:56:38 UTC
SHA-256: 14cd440a12873686…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/databricks/databricks-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-046568/perpetual-royalty-free-license-grant-for-submissions/
Accessed: Oct. 30, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Databricks's Perpetual Royalty-Free License Grant for Submissions clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

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.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 249 platforms. See the full comparison.

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