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The agreement states that any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations, proposals, or documents a customer provides to PlanetScale regarding PlanetScale's intellectual property are subject to a royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license that PlanetScale may transfer and sublicense without compensation or attribution to the customer.
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This provision grants PlanetScale an irrevocable and perpetual intellectual property license over a broadly defined category of customer-provided materials, including proposals and documents, without any compensation obligation. The irrevocable and perpetual nature of the license means customers cannot later restrict or revoke PlanetScale's use of submitted feedback regardless of changes in business relationship.
Under this clause, customers who submit product suggestions, proposals, or documents related to PlanetScale's platform grant PlanetScale and its affiliates the right to use, modify, and distribute those materials indefinitely and without restriction. The agreement states no compensation, attribution, or other obligation to the customer arises from this license.
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"In the event that Customer provides PlanetScale with suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations, proposals, documents, or other feedback related to PlanetScale IP (collectively, "Feedback"), Customer grants PlanetScale and its Affiliates a royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicenseable, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, modify, and distribute such Feedback in any manner without restriction, compensation to Customer, attribution of any kind, or any other obligation to Customer.Excerpt from PlanetScale's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision primarily implicates intellectual property law rather than a specific regulatory framework. However, organizations subject to client confidentiality obligations or internal IP assignment policies should evaluate whether submitting feedback triggers unintended IP transfers. For EU-based entities, moral rights doctrines in some member states may interact with the waiver of attribution rights, though commercial IP waivers are generally enforceable in many EU jurisdictions under contract law. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The scope of 'Feedback' is broad, encompassing proposals and documents, which could include materials containing confidential business logic or third-party IP. The irrevocable and perpetual nature of the license means that once feedback is submitted, the license cannot be withdrawn. Organizations with strict IP ownership policies or client-work confidentiality obligations face the highest exposure. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: U.S. federal copyright law governs the underlying IP rights. EU and UK moral rights frameworks may limit the enforceability of the attribution waiver in certain jurisdictions, though this is jurisdiction-specific and depends on whether the feedback constitutes a copyrightable work. California-based entities should note that California Labor Code provisions governing IP assignment by employees may intersect with this clause in certain organizational structures. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and legal teams should assess whether internal IP policies prohibit submission of feedback under these terms without prior review. Enterprise customers engaged in joint development or providing detailed technical proposals should consider whether those materials could be characterized as 'Feedback' under this clause. The transferable and sublicenseable nature of the license means PlanetScale may pass these rights to third parties, including future acquirers. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should review whether any client contracts or NDAs restrict submission of materials that could constitute 'Feedback' under this definition. Organizations should establish internal guidelines for what types of communications with PlanetScale may trigger this license. The clause's application to 'documents' suggests that even formal written proposals may be covered, warranting careful labeling and scoping of any submitted materials.
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This provision grants PlanetScale an irrevocable and perpetual intellectual property license over a broadly defined category of customer-provided materials, including proposals and documents, without any compensation obligation. The irrevocable and perpetual nature of the license means customers cannot later restrict or revoke PlanetScale's use of submitted feedback regardless of changes in business relationship.
Under this clause, customers who submit product suggestions, proposals, or documents related to PlanetScale's platform grant PlanetScale and its affiliates the right to use, modify, and distribute those materials indefinitely and without restriction. The agreement states no compensation, attribution, or other obligation to the customer arises from this license.
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