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This clause establishes OpenAI's operational rights to process and utilize user-submitted content across service functions. The broad scope of authorized uses—including modification and derivative works creation—permits integration of user content into model training, service improvements, and related operational activities without additional compensation to users.
Interpretive note: The scope of the derivative works license and how it interacts with user-owned intellectual property rights may vary depending on the type of content submitted and applicable copyright law in the user's jurisdiction.
Users grant OpenAI expansive rights to their submitted content upon service use, including the ability to modify and create derivative works. Users do not retain exclusive control over how their content is processed, transformed, or incorporated into service operations, though the license remains non-exclusive to the user.
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This clause establishes OpenAI's operational rights to process and utilize user-submitted content across service functions. The broad scope of authorized uses—including modification and derivative works creation—permits integration of user content into model training, service improvements, and related operational activities without additional compensation to users.
Users grant OpenAI expansive rights to their submitted content upon service use, including the ability to modify and create derivative works. Users do not retain exclusive control over how their content is processed, transformed, or incorporated into service operations, though the license remains non-exclusive to the user.
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