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The explicit inclusion of sublicense and sale rights means recipients can commercialise and further license the Software, which is consequential for downstream use and distribution.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim identifies sublicense and sale as the primary rights given the clause name; the remaining enumerated rights (use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute) are recorded in omitted_material.
Recipients of the Software are permitted to sublicense it to others and to sell copies of it.
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The explicit inclusion of sublicense and sale rights means recipients can commercialise and further license the Software, which is consequential for downstream use and distribution.
Recipients of the Software are permitted to sublicense it to others and to sell copies of it.
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