Developer program licenses for Enterprise Products are restricted to internal evaluation, development, and testing for non-production purposes only; production use, distribution, deployment, and inclusion in customer products are prohibited. NVIDIA retains sole discretion over program admission, modification, and discontinuation.
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This provision establishes that NVIDIA retains unilateral authority to change or discontinue the developer program at any time without stated notice requirements, which creates operational continuity risk for developers who rely on developer program access for ongoing development workflows. The prohibition on production use and inclusion in customer products creates a strict boundary that developers should monitor as projects transition from evaluation to production.
Under this clause, Enterprise Products obtained through the NVIDIA developer program may not be used in production environments, distributed, or included in a customer product; NVIDIA reserves the right to change or discontinue the program at its sole discretion and at any time.
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Compare across platforms →"If Customer obtains a personal use license for Enterprise Products through the NVIDIA developer program, Customer may exercise the Section 1.1.1 grants for Software designated and updated by NVIDIA from time to time, solely for internal evaluation, development or testing for non-production purposes. Software offered as part of the developer program is not for use, distribution or deployment in production. Customer will not include developer program Software in a Customer Product. NVIDIA may, at its sole discretion, admit persons to the developer program, or change or discontinue such offerings at any time.Excerpt from NVIDIA NIM's NVIDIA AI Foundation Models AUP
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision primarily operates as a commercial licensing condition.
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This provision establishes that NVIDIA retains unilateral authority to change or discontinue the developer program at any time without stated notice requirements, which creates operational continuity risk for developers who rely on developer program access for ongoing development workflows. The prohibition on production use and inclusion in customer products creates a strict boundary that developers should monitor as projects transition …
Under this clause, Enterprise Products obtained through the NVIDIA developer program may not be used in production environments, distributed, or included in a customer product; NVIDIA reserves the right to change or discontinue the program at its sole discretion and at any time.
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