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The terms describe the license as 'broad' and extending to allowing third parties to redistribute content, which means user-posted material including text, images, and video may be distributed beyond X's own platform under this grant.
Interpretive note: The full scope of permitted uses under 'broad, royalty-free license' and 'let others do the same' is not exhaustively defined in the document; practical application may depend on how X operationalizes this grant.
Users who post original content, including creative works, business materials, or personal media, grant X a royalty-free license to distribute and sublicense that content globally. The terms do not specify an exhaustive list of permitted uses covered by this license, leaving the practical scope of downstream use subject to interpretation.
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The terms describe the license as 'broad' and extending to allowing third parties to redistribute content, which means user-posted material including text, images, and video may be distributed beyond X's own platform under this grant.
Users who post original content, including creative works, business materials, or personal media, grant X a royalty-free license to distribute and sublicense that content globally. The terms do not specify an exhaustive list of permitted uses covered by this license, leaving the practical scope of downstream use subject to interpretation.
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