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The license is transferable and sublicensable, meaning Meta can pass these broad rights to third parties, and it is royalty-free, meaning no compensation is owed to the developer.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is cut off after 'create derivative works of' and does not specify the full object of the license (e.g., 'Your Content'). The canonical claim infers 'the developer's content' as the object based on the clause name and context, which is partially inferred rather than fully explicit in the provided excerpt.
By providing content under these Terms, the developer grants Meta broad rights over that content, including the right to modify and create derivative works, without any royalty obligation.
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The license is transferable and sublicensable, meaning Meta can pass these broad rights to third parties, and it is royalty-free, meaning no compensation is owed to the developer.
By providing content under these Terms, the developer grants Meta broad rights over that content, including the right to modify and create derivative works, without any royalty obligation.
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