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Buffer AI carries highly permissive license terms; Gemini Code Assist (Google) carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: BUFFER AI NOT RECOMMENDED · GEMINI CODE ASSIST (GOOGLE) NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | BUFFER AI | GEMINI CODE ASSIST (GOOGLE) |
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“ 8.3 Terms Specific to Buffer Creator Without limiting the generality of Section 7.1 above, the following terms apply to Buffer Creator: You acknowledge and agree that (a) Buffer Creator interfaces with certain third party services (including GPT-3 provided by OpenAI) and may…”
“ You also agree that our Privacy Policy applies to your use of our services. We also provide resources like the Copyright Help Center , Safety Center , Transparency Center , and descriptions of our technologies from our policies site to answer common questions and to set expectat…”
“ The Service is owned and operated by Buffer. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, data, computer code (including source code or object code), products, software, services, domain names, templates, and all other elements of the Service provided by Bu…”
“ Some of our services include content that belongs to Google — for example, many of the visual illustrations you see in Google Maps. You may use Google’s content as allowed by these terms and any service-specific additional terms , but we retain any intellectual property rights t…”
“ 9.2 Limited License Grant to Buffer By Posting User Content to or via the Service, you grant Buffer a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid right and license (with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to host, store, transfer, publicly disp…”
“This license is for the limited purpose of: operating and improving the services , which means allowing the services to work as designed and creating new features and functionalities. This includes using automated systems and algorithms to analyze your content: for spam, malware…”
The 'developing new technologies and services' purpose, combined with 'improving the services' and pattern recognition via automated systems, effectively authorizes use of user content for model/AI development without explicit opt-out for most users.
“ 5.1 The licenses to the Software granted to You hereunder are solely for the limited purposes set forth in Section 2 (License Grants). The Software, including, without limitation, the Documentation, shall not be used for any other purpose or use. 5.2 Except as expressly permitt…”
“using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology”
Google expressly prohibits users from using Google's AI-generated outputs to train competing ML models or AI technology. This is a significant restriction on commercial use of outputs in AI/ML development contexts.
“ Buffer may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including personal information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy. You will have the opportunity to…”
“ (ii) does not result in a material reduction of the”
“ Some features of the Service may require you to pay fees upon registering for the applicable subscription. Before you pay any fees, you will have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that you will be charged. All fees are in U.S. Dollars and are non-refundable unless oth…”
“ https://cloud.google.com/terms/direct-tos-exemptions for the applicable Services, these terms do not apply to you, unless you and Google agree otherwise in writing. If you become exempt from these terms after the Effective Date, this will not affect any liability arising be…”