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The clause operationally separates ownership of the underlying platform infrastructure and software from ownership of user-generated content, establishing clear demarcation of what each party controls and can license or modify.
Removed emphasis on Customer's retention of intellectual property rights and replaced 'limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use...solely to provide' with broader 'right to host, copy, transmit, display, and otherwise use' language.
View full change record →Users retain ownership of their data and any intellectual property embedded within it, but do not acquire ownership rights to Snowflake's platform, tools, features, or any derivative works Snowflake creates from the Services. Users operate under the authorization to use the Services subject to the license Snowflake grants, not to own or control the platform itself.
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"As between the parties, Snowflake retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, and all related intellectual property rights. Customer retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Customer Data, and all related intellectual property rights.— Excerpt from Snowflake's Snowflake Terms of Service
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The clause operationally separates ownership of the underlying platform infrastructure and software from ownership of user-generated content, establishing clear demarcation of what each party controls and can license or modify.
Users retain ownership of their data and any intellectual property embedded within it, but do not acquire ownership rights to Snowflake's platform, tools, features, or any derivative works Snowflake creates from the Services. Users operate under the authorization to use the Services subject to the license Snowflake grants, not to own or control the platform itself.
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