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If you share any feedback or suggestions about Llama 3 with Meta, Meta can use that feedback permanently and for free in any of its products, and you cannot take back this permission.
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The agreement states that any feedback submitted to Meta is licensed perpetually and irrevocably, meaning licensees cannot retain exclusive rights to technical improvements or suggestions they communicate to Meta, and those contributions may be incorporated into commercial Meta products.
Interpretive note: The breadth of 'Meta's other products and services' is not defined, and the extent to which this grant covers feedback submitted through third-party channels rather than directly to Meta is ambiguous.
Developers and researchers who submit technical feedback, bug reports, or improvement suggestions to Meta regarding Llama 3 grant Meta an irrevocable, royalty-free right to use that feedback in any Meta product, including commercial offerings beyond Llama 3.
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"If you provide Meta with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Llama Materials ('Feedback'), you hereby grant Meta a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid-up license to use and incorporate such Feedback into the Llama Materials and Meta's other products and services.Excerpt from Meta's Llama Community License Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Intellectual property law governs the enforceability of this feedback assignment in various jurisdictions. In some EU jurisdictions, the scope of irrevocable IP transfers may be subject to limitations under national contract or IP law, and the breadth of 'Meta's other products and services' may warrant legal review in those contexts. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Organizations that invest significant engineering resources in evaluating or improving Llama 3 should be aware that any feedback communicated to Meta is permanently licensed to Meta at no compensation, which may affect decisions about sharing proprietary optimization findings. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: Some EU member states impose restrictions on the scope of perpetual and irrevocable IP grants, particularly where individual contributors are involved. Organizations in jurisdictions with moral rights protections should evaluate whether those protections interact with this grant. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement policies and AI evaluation protocols should include guidance on what constitutes 'Feedback' under this agreement to ensure that commercially sensitive technical findings are not inadvertently submitted in a way that triggers this license grant. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: IP teams should review internal processes for bug reporting, model evaluation, and technical communication with Meta to determine whether those communications are likely to constitute Feedback under this provision and to establish appropriate handling guidelines.
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The agreement states that any feedback submitted to Meta is licensed perpetually and irrevocably, meaning licensees cannot retain exclusive rights to technical improvements or suggestions they communicate to Meta, and those contributions may be incorporated into commercial Meta products.
Developers and researchers who submit technical feedback, bug reports, or improvement suggestions to Meta regarding Llama 3 grant Meta an irrevocable, royalty-free right to use that feedback in any Meta product, including commercial offerings beyond Llama 3.
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