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GitHub Copilot carries highly permissive license terms; Instantly carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: GITHUB COPILOT NOT RECOMMENDED · INSTANTLY NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | GITHUB COPILOT | INSTANTLY |
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| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“If you choose to give us any ideas, know-how, algorithms, code contributions, suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or any other feedback for our products or services (collectively, “Feedback”), you acknowledge and agree that GitHub will have a royalty-free, fully pa…”
Feedback provided during Beta Preview (which could include code, algorithms, or technical know-how) is subject to an extremely broad, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, commercially exploitable license with no compensation to the user.
“6.1 Instantly Platform and Technology . Subscriber acknowledges that Instantly retains all right, title and interest in and to the Instantly Platform, including all algorithms, AI, language and visual models and improvements thereto, Integration Tools and all software and all In…”
“ GitHub and our licensors, vendors, agents, and/or our content providers retain ownership of all intellectual property rights of any kind related to the Website and Service. We reserve all rights that are not expressly granted to you under this Agreement or by law. The look and f…”
“ 4.1 Access Rights. Commencing as of the date that Subscriber purchases or orders the applicable Instantly Service, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Instantly’s approval of your use of the Instantly Service, Instantly hereby grants to Subscriber a ter…”
“In addition, for Individual subscribers only: GitHub may use Copilot interaction data — including prompts (inputs), s uggestions (outputs), and code snippets generated during Copilot sessions — to train and improve AI models. This training helps improve code suggestions for all C…”
Individual (Free/Pro/Pro+) subscribers' prompts, outputs, and code snippets are used for AI model training by default. Opt-out is available but must be actively exercised.
“ We also use the Information described above for our own internal purposes – such as to improve, test, update and verify our own database; develop new products; operate, analyze, improve and secure our Services and our databases and servers. Deidentified Personal Informat…”
“It is your responsibility to assess what is appropriate for the situation and implement appropriate safeguards.”
The document places responsibility for assessing appropriateness of use entirely on the user but does not explicitly restrict or permit commercial use of outputs. No affirmative commercial use restriction or permission is stated.
“ Data marketing services, for example: Operating our data cooperative and providing marketing information to our Clients (which may include companies, non-profit organizations, other data compilers, resellers and platforms, advertising networks, and political organizations),…”
“GitHub and third parties use social media cookies to show you ads and content based on your social media profiles and activity on GitHub’s websites. This ensures that the ads and content you see on our websites and on social media will better reflect your interests. This also ena…”
Third parties can use data collected on GitHub to improve their own products on entirely separate websites, extending data use well beyond the GitHub platform context.
“ Whether We “Sold” or “shared” This Category of Personal Information in the Last 12 Months ”
“When a school or employer supplies your GitHub account, they assume the role of Data Controller for most Personal Data used in our Services. This enables them to: Manage and administer your GitHub account, including adjusting privacy settings. Access and utilize your Person…”
Users on organization-provisioned accounts have significantly reduced privacy protections — their employer or school can access content, files, and usage data and adjust privacy settings.
“This no-refund policy applies to all subscription plans, Credits, and any add-on or ancillary services, including but not limited to the VIP Services, “Done-For-You” service, Warmup Service, and Supersearch. 5.4 Third-Party Service Provider. Instantly uses Stripe, Inc. and it…”