Any ideas, suggestions, or feedback submitted to Microsoft by users are granted to Microsoft under a royalty-free, unrestricted license to use, commercialize, and create derivative works for any purpose. Users are required not to submit feedback that would trigger third-party licensing obligations for Microsoft.
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This provision grants Microsoft an unrestricted commercial license to use submitted user feedback for any purpose without compensation or attribution obligations. The scope of covered feedback is broad, including ideas for products, technologies, promotions, and improvements.
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Compare across platforms →"If you give to Microsoft any idea, proposal, suggestion or feedback, including without limitation ideas for new products, technologies, promotions, product names, product feedback and product improvements ("Feedback"), you give to Microsoft, without charge, royalties or other obligation to you, the right to make, have made, create derivative works, use, share and commercialize your Feedback in any way and for any purpose. You will not give Feedback that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to license its software, technologies or documentation to any third party because Microsoft includes your Feedback in them.Excerpt from Microsoft's Services Agreement (Legacy)
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This provision grants Microsoft an unrestricted commercial license to use submitted user feedback for any purpose without compensation or attribution obligations. The scope of covered feedback is broad, including ideas for products, technologies, promotions, and improvements.
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