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You agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notice related to materials downloaded from the Websites and/or Platforms.
(g) remove, obscure, or alter any notice of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right appearing in or on any item included with the Service or Software
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"You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Model, Derivatives of the Model.Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
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The clause states: “You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Model, Derivatives of the Model.”
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