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The prohibition extends to circumvention tools such as VPNs and proxies and covers the user's downstream Authorized Users and customers, expanding accountability beyond the primary account holder.
The updated terms clarify that enabling prompt logging automatically activates chat logging as well, and grant OpenRouter a perpetual, worldwide license to use your content for service provision and commercial purposes. This includes the explicit right to license or sell your user content in anonymized form. Users accessing Stealth Program models must now also agree to a separate End User License Agreement. You can disable prompt logging in your account settings if you do not wish to grant these permissions.
View change record →Readers are prohibited from accessing Restricted Models through the Service or any third-party tool, and are responsible for ensuring their Authorized Users and customers comply with the same prohibition.
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"You agree not to, and will not allow your Authorized Users or customers to, (a) use the Service to access, or to use the Service in conjunction any other third-party tools to access, Restricted Models, including without limitation by using virtual private networks and proxies.— Excerpt from OpenRouter's OpenRouter Terms of Service
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The prohibition extends to circumvention tools such as VPNs and proxies and covers the user's downstream Authorized Users and customers, expanding accountability beyond the primary account holder.
Readers are prohibited from accessing Restricted Models through the Service or any third-party tool, and are responsible for ensuring their Authorized Users and customers comply with the same prohibition.
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