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The qualification 'to the extent permitted by law' establishes that ownership rights are conditional and may be narrowed by jurisdictional legal requirements, intellectual property statutes, or regulatory constraints. This framing delineates the boundary between what Windsurf grants and what legal frameworks independently permit or restrict.
Interpretive note: The legal status of AI-generated code ownership varies by jurisdiction and remains unsettled, meaning the practical scope of this ownership assertion depends on applicable law rather than the document's assertion alone.
Users receive ownership of generated code under the terms as written, but the actual scope of ownership rights depends on applicable law in their jurisdiction. The provision does not specify which legal limitations apply or how they affect specific use cases.
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The qualification 'to the extent permitted by law' establishes that ownership rights are conditional and may be narrowed by jurisdictional legal requirements, intellectual property statutes, or regulatory constraints. This framing delineates the boundary between what Windsurf grants and what legal frameworks independently permit or restrict.
Users receive ownership of generated code under the terms as written, but the actual scope of ownership rights depends on applicable law in their jurisdiction. The provision does not specify which legal limitations apply or how they affect specific use cases.
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