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Accountability extends beyond the act of generation to all downstream uses of the output, meaning licensees remain responsible even after the output leaves their direct control, and the License's restrictions travel with the output.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains two independent legal propositions: licensee accountability for output and downstream uses, and the prohibition on output uses that contravene the License. The primary proposition stated is accountability; the prohibition is captured in omitted_material and reflected in the canonical claim as a secondary clause.
Users bear responsibility for output they create and for how it is used afterward, and cannot permit or enable output uses that violate any License provision.
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"You are accountable for the Output you generate and its subsequent uses. No use of the output can contravene any provision as stated in the License.Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
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Accountability extends beyond the act of generation to all downstream uses of the output, meaning licensees remain responsible even after the output leaves their direct control, and the License's restrictions travel with the output.
Users bear responsibility for output they create and for how it is used afterward, and cannot permit or enable output uses that violate any License provision.
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