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The combination of perpetual duration, royalty-free terms, irrevocability, and sublicensing rights gives licensees broad and durable authority to use and redistribute the Model under copyright law.
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The combination of perpetual duration, royalty-free terms, irrevocability, and sublicensing rights gives licensees broad and durable authority to use and redistribute the Model under copyright law.
Users receive a permanent, cost-free, irrevocable right to copy, prepare, display, perform, sublicense, and distribute the Model without paying royalties.
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