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Customer Responsibility for All Code

High severity High confidence Explicitdocumentlanguage Common · 292 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What responsibility do users retain for their Code?
GitHub requires users to retain all responsibility for their Code, including Suggestions they include in their Code or reference to develop their Code.
Must users retain all responsibility for their Code, including Suggestions they include or reference?
GitHub requires users to retain all responsibility for their Code, including Suggestions they include in their Code or reference to develop their Code.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause places the full burden of responsibility for code—including AI-generated Suggestions—on the user, not on GitHub, regardless of how the Suggestions were used.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users bear all responsibility for their Code, including Suggestions they incorporate or reference, and cannot shift that responsibility to GitHub.

How other platforms handle this

Tinder Medium

Tinder expressly disclaims any responsibility for such Member Content.

ActiveCampaign Medium

You acknowledge and agree that your interactions with third parties providing Third Party Content are solely between you and such third parties, and that ActiveCampaign has no responsibility or liability for any Third Party Content.

Baseten Medium

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You retain all responsibility for Your Code, including Suggestions you include in Your Code or reference to develop Your Code.

Excerpt from GitHub's Copilot Product Terms

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
GitHub Copilot Product Terms
Entity
GitHub
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 12, 2026
Last verified
July 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-065361
Document ID
CA-D-00776
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
84c17d24d27ade5447d26fe46e6147312edfe991c45fa6a641e9ab5d665ed29c
Analysis generated
July 12, 2026 14:12 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: GitHub
Document: GitHub Copilot Product Terms
Record ID: CA-P-065361
Captured: 2026-07-12 14:12:12 UTC
SHA-256: 84c17d24d27ade54…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/github/github-copilot-product-terms/provision/CA-P-065361/customer-responsibility-for-all-code/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does GitHub's Customer Responsibility for All Code clause do?

This clause places the full burden of responsibility for code—including AI-generated Suggestions—on the user, not on GitHub, regardless of how the Suggestions were used.

How does this clause affect you?

Users bear all responsibility for their Code, including Suggestions they incorporate or reference, and cannot shift that responsibility to GitHub.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 292 platforms. See the full comparison.

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