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Permitted Use Restrictions

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What it is

You are not allowed to resell, copy, reverse engineer, or use W&B's platform to build services for others, and must comply with all laws when using it.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If your organization uses W&B as part of a managed AI service or embeds its functionality in a product offered to others, you may be in breach of the agreement, and any inadvertent regulatory violation automatically constitutes a contract breach that can result in immediate account termination.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

These restrictions limit how enterprise customers can integrate W&B into their own products or services, and the catch-all prohibition on use 'in violation of any applicable law' means any regulatory violation automatically breaches the contract and could trigger immediate termination.

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Customer will not, and will not permit any third party to: (a) copy, modify, or create derivative works based on the Services; (b) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt, or otherwise attempt to derive or gain access to any software component of the Services; (c) rent, sell, resell, license, sublicense, distribute, make available, transfer, or otherwise exploit the Services for third parties; (d) use the Services for the benefit of any third party; (e) use the Services in violation of any applicable law or regulation.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Permitted use restrictions are contractual provisions governed by California contract law and potentially the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA, 18 U.S.C. §1030) for unauthorized access scenarios. The prohibition on use 'in violation of any applicable law' creates a direct link between regulatory compliance obligations (GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act, HIPAA, COPPA) and contract breach, meaning regulatory violations automatically become MSA breach events. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC may investigate whether overly broad permitted use restrictions that are not clearly disclosed at signup constitute unfair or deceptive trade practices under FTC Act Section 5.
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Weights & Biases Terms of Service
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