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The provision defines the scope of rights transferred upon public designation, specifying that the license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning it cannot be terminated even if the content creator later makes the Repository private or removes the content from the platform.
Users who set Repositories to public authorize other users to exercise broad usage rights over their content, including creation of derivative works, without requiring additional permission or payment. This authorization operates independently of the content creator's subsequent actions regarding the Repository's status.
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