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Buffer AI carries highly permissive license terms; Quizlet Q-Chat carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: BUFFER AI NOT RECOMMENDED · QUIZLET Q-CHAT NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | BUFFER AI | QUIZLET Q-CHAT |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“ 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…”
“By submitting Content or any other material to Quizlet for inclusion on the Service or for any other purpose, for example posting a flashcard set, answering a survey or sending Quizlet an email, you grant Quizlet a world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license (with ri…”
Users grant a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license over all submitted content — including inputs like flashcard sets and emails — with no compensation and covering all existing and future media. This is an extremely broad rights grab.
“ 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…”
“14. **Trademarks.** Quizlet, Quizlet.com, Quizlet Ads, the Quizlet mark and logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Quizlet, or the Service are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quizlet or Quizlet's licensors. Other trademark…”
“ 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…”
“you grant Quizlet a world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license (with right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform and distribute such Content or material in any and…”
The broad license to 'process' and 'adapt' submitted content, combined with the 'additional uses' catch-all and sublicensing rights to partners, is broad enough to encompass AI/ML training use. No explicit opt-out is provided.
“ 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…”
“ 4. **Restrictions**: You may not use Premium Content for any commercial purpose. This means you can’t sell it, use it for advertising or marketing purposes, or use it in any other way in connection with a business or profit making activity. You may not post or otherwise make…”
“ 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…”
“We retain records of support tickets and other communications between Quizlet and our users, for example support emails, survey responses, feedback submissions, or comments on our blogs or other posts, indefinitely in order to better manage our support processes, maintain accurat…”
Support communications are retained indefinitely AND Quizlet reserves the right to publish them publicly; users submitting support requests may not be aware their communications could be published.
“ 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…”
“01. **Eligibility.** Use of the Service is void where prohibited. The Service is intended for users over the age of 13, but is open to all ages. For children age 13 or younger (or other age of consent where required by local law), Quizlet offers a restricted feature set and websi…”