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DeepL shall inform Customer of such discontinuation in writing (e-mail sufficient) at least four (4) weeks before the termination becomes effective (within which time Customer will have to update to the latest maintained API).
Company agrees that use of a developer account, including to access APIs to create automations or integrate the Services with Third-Party Services, is governed by the API Agreement.
Subject to this Agreement, xAI grants Customer a limited, non-exclusive right to use xAI's application programming interfaces to develop an integration between the Services and Customer's products
"Subject to the last sentence in this Section 1.4(e) (Discontinuation of Services), Google will notify Customer at least 12 months before...significantly modifying a Customer-facing Google API in a backwards-incompatible manner.Excerpt from Google Cloud's Terms
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The clause states: “Subject to the last sentence in this Section 1.4(e) (Discontinuation of Services), Google will notify Customer at least 12 months before...significantly modifying a Customer-facing Google API in a backwards-incompatible manner.”
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