Any recommendations, suggestions, proposals, ideas, or improvements submitted by Customer or its Users regarding the LangSmith Platform grant LangChain an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use and develop that Feedback without restriction or attribution.
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This provision establishes a permanent, irrevocable license over a broad category of intellectual contributions from Customer and its Users. Because the definition of Feedback includes ideas and proposals, not only formal product feedback, organizations should consider what internal controls govern employee submissions through platform interfaces or support channels.
The updated terms introduce a new deployment architecture option (BYOC) alongside existing Cloud and Hybrid options, giving customers more control over infrastructure placement. LangChain's explicit commitment to not use customer data for large language model training now has clear written language in the Terms, whereas the prior version only referenced 'products' generically. However, the expanded non-warranty clause now states the platform is not warranted to be 'accurate' or 'complete,' which broadens the disclaimers of liability. Customers should review which deployment option aligns with their infrastructure and compliance requirements.
View change record →Under this clause, any input submitted by Customer or its Users that qualifies as a recommendation, suggestion, proposal, idea, or improvement becomes subject to an irrevocable and perpetual license held by LangChain, without any obligation of attribution or compensation. The license covers worldwide exploitation and further development of the submitted Feedback.
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Compare across platforms →"To the extent that Customer or its Users provide any recommendations, suggestions, proposals, ideas, improvements, or other feedback regarding the LangSmith Platform or Documentation ("Feedback"), Customer hereby grants LangChain an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, incorporate, and further develop such Feedback without any restrictions or attribution, provided that Customer is not identified as the source of such Feedback.Excerpt from LangChain's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Feedback licenses of this type engage intellectual property law rather than specific data protection regulations; however, where Feedback inadvertently includes Personal Data, GDPR and CCPA frameworks may apply to how that data …
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This provision establishes a permanent, irrevocable license over a broad category of intellectual contributions from Customer and its Users. Because the definition of Feedback includes ideas and proposals, not only formal product feedback, organizations should consider what internal controls govern employee submissions through platform interfaces or support channels.
Under this clause, any input submitted by Customer or its Users that qualifies as a recommendation, suggestion, proposal, idea, or improvement becomes subject to an irrevocable and perpetual license held by LangChain, without any obligation of attribution or compensation. The license covers worldwide exploitation and further development of the submitted Feedback.
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