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Contributor License Agreement Supersedes Repository License

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Medium Apr 28, 2026

The updated terms establish a dedicated section governing AI features, including GitHub Copilot. The new language introduces formal definitions of 'AI Feature', 'Input' (content or context provided to an AI feature, including prompts, attachments, code, and conversation history), and 'Output' (responses and suggestions generated by the AI feature). The terms state that GitHub may use Input data for development and improvement of AI and machine learning models. Users of AI features should review the new section K to understand how their prompts, code, and conversation history may be processed.

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Credit Karma

The license granted to you for the App is a limited, non-transferable license to use the App on Mac product that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules that are part of the terms of service in the Mac App Store.

Teladoc

Teladoc Health grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Platforms in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

Anyscale

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Customer hereby grants to Anyscale and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to process the Customer Property solely to the extent necessary to provide the Anyscale Services...

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If you have a separate agreement to license that Content under different terms, such as a contributor license agreement, that agreement will supersede.

Excerpt from GitHub's Terms of Service

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Document information
Document
GitHub Terms of Service
Entity
GitHub
Date stated by the document
April 27, 2026
As printed in GitHub’s text (version CA-V-006964), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006964, captured Sept. 16, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-036418
Document ID
CA-D-000253
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-006964)
14f3b8db36f449405deb7754976ca1fe98887a39dd70bfaa25b02bc7c4bc6af9
Analysis generated
May 10, 2026 17:12 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006964, captured Sept. 16, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: GitHub
Document: GitHub Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-036418
Version: CA-V-006964
Captured: 2026-09-16 00:42:39 UTC
SHA-256: 14f3b8db36f44940…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/github/github-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-036418/contributor-license-agreement-supersedes-repository-license/
Accessed: Nov. 1, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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The clause states: “If you have a separate agreement to license that Content under different terms, such as a contributor license agreement, that agreement will supersede.”

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