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Broad License Grant to Khan Academy for User Content

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Key Facts

What license does Khan Academy grant itself to user content?
Khan Academy grants itself a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, sublicensable, royalty-free license to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works of user content.
What is Khan Academy's license worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, sublicensable, and royalty-free to?
Khan Academy grants itself a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, sublicensable, royalty-free license to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works of user content.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Khan Academy can sublicense and create derivative works from user content without paying users, giving it broad and transferable rights over submitted material.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated. The full list of licensed activities may be longer than what is quoted. The stated acts are taken verbatim from the excerpt.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2585 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Content you submit to Khan Academy is subject to a broad license that allows Khan Academy to redistribute, modify, and sublicense it without compensating you.

How other platforms handle this

ActiveCampaign Medium

Except for the license you grant below, you retain all rights in and to your Marketing Content, as between you and ActiveCampaign.

Tinder Medium

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and, unless expressly authorized by Tinder, you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services' purpose...

Glassdoor Medium

We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license under the rights licensable by us to use the services and use Content from our services solely for your personal use...

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you hereby grant to Khan Academy a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, sublicensable, royalty-free right and license to...host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of...

Excerpt from Khan Academy's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Khan Academy Terms of Service
Entity
Khan Academy
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 18, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-028069
Document ID
CA-D-00159
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
7e366bdb62208e4df09f031e4a0576082ebb0c4c2e9f3ef2025fae0b2d979c4c
Analysis generated
April 18, 2026 10:22 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Khan Academy
Document: Khan Academy Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-028069
Captured: 2026-04-18 10:22:08 UTC
SHA-256: 7e366bdb62208e4d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/khan-academy/khan-academy-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-028069/broad-license-grant-to-khan-academy-for-user-content/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Khan Academy's Broad License Grant to Khan Academy for User Content clause do?

Khan Academy can sublicense and create derivative works from user content without paying users, giving it broad and transferable rights over submitted material.

How does this clause affect you?

Content you submit to Khan Academy is subject to a broad license that allows Khan Academy to redistribute, modify, and sublicense it without compensating you.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 256 platforms. See the full comparison.

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