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The clause restricts commercial use.

“During the Term, subject to Customer’s compliance with the terms of the Terms, Customer may access and use the Service only for Customer’s internal business purposes or for individuals, for personal non-commercial purposes, in accordance with the then-current version of Zed’s usage guidelines and standard technical documentation for the Service that Zed makes generally available to its customers (“ Documentation ”...”

The clause restricts commercial use.

“During the Term, subject to Customer’s compliance with the terms of the Terms, Customer may access and use the Service only for Customer’s internal business purposes or for individuals, for personal non-commercial purposes, in accordance with the then-current version of Zed’s usage guidelines and standard technical documentation for the Service that Zed makes generally available to its customers (“ Documentation ”...”

The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.

“ARBITRATION NOTICE . Except for certain kinds of disputes described in Section 15.2 (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration), you agree that disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration, and BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU AND ZED ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. ALTERNATIVELY, CUSTOMER MAY OPT OUT ...”

The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.

“b. Pre-Arbitration Dispute Resolution and Notification. Prior to initiating an arbitration, Customer and Zed each agree to notify the other party of the dispute and attempt to negotiate an informal resolution to it first. Zed will contact Customer at the email address Customer has provided to Zed; Customer can contact Zed by email at [email protected] . If after a good faith effort to negotiate, one party fee...”

The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.

“The Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and the United States without regard to conflicts of laws provisions that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction and without regard to the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. The parties further agree that except as stated below in the Arbitration provision, and for any claims under Section 15.2 (b), ...”

data sharing improved from high/sale or sell to medium/third party or vendor sharing.

data sharing worsened from medium/third party or vendor sharing to high/sale or sell.

Latest stance: restricted on commercial use

“During the Term, subject to Customer’s compliance with the terms of the Terms, Customer may access and use the Service only for Customer’s internal business purposes or for individuals, for personal non-commercial purposes, in accordance with the then-current version of Zed’s usage guidelines and standard technical documentation for the Service that Zed makes generally available to its customers (“ Documentation ”), the Terms, and any terms set forth in the applicable Subscription Service (as defined in Section 3.4 below). Customer agrees to access the Service only through the mechanisms designated by Zed. Without limiting the foregoing, to access the Service, Customer may be required to associate an existing third-party account with the Service to enable authentication (e.g., via OAuth). Customer will be responsible for the acts and omissions of all persons who access the Service through Customer’s account as though such acts and omissions were Customer’s own. Customer will promptly notify Zed if it becomes aware of any compromise to its Zed account.”

Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on output ownership

“Customer will not (and will not permit anyone else to), directly or indirectly, do any of the following: (a) provide access to, distribute, sell, or sublicense the Service to a third party; (b) seek to access non-public APIs associated with the Service; (c) copy any element of the Service; (d) interfere with the operation of the Service, circumvent any access restrictions, or conduct any security or vulnerability test of the Service; (e) transmit any viruses or other harmful materials to the Service or others; (f) take any action that risks harm to others or to the security, availability, or integrity of the Service except for the purposes of legitimate security or malware research; or (g) access or use the Service or Output in a manner that violates any applicable relevant local, state, federal or international laws, regulations, or conventions, including those related to data privacy or data transfer, international communications, or export of data (collectively, “ Laws ”), or the Terms. The Service incorporates functionality provided by third-party services, the use of which is subject to additional terms. Customer agrees that if Customer accesses or uses services, features or functionality in the Software or Service that are provided by a third party, Customer will comply with any applicable terms promulgated by that third party, including as set forth at https://zed.dev/acceptable-use-policies (as may be updated from time to time).”

Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on prompt ownership

“Customer hereby grants Zed a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-sublicensable (except to service providers and Customer’s designees), non-transferable (except as set forth in Section 15.1) right to use, copy, store, disclose, transmit, transfer, display, modify, create derivative works from, collect, access, store, host, or otherwise process (“ Process ”) any materials that Customer inputs into or otherwise makes available to the Service (including prompts and other written content) (collectively, “ Customer Data ”) solely: (a) to perform its obligations set forth in the Terms, including its Support obligations as applicable; (b) to derive and generate Telemetry (see Section 4.4); and (c) as necessary to comply with applicable Laws. Except as required by applicable Laws, Zed will not provide Customer Data to any person or entity other than Customer’s designees (including pursuant to Section 7) or service providers. In the event that autocomplete suggestions are turned on, Customer understands and agrees that the Service will periodically send Customer Data in the background to an AI Provider for the purpose of generating autocomplete input suggestions in the Services. Autocomplete features can be turned off at any time, in which case Customer Data will not be sent.”

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on output ownership

“Customer will not (and will not permit anyone else to), directly or indirectly, do any of the following: (a) provide access to, distribute, sell, or sublicense the Service to a third party; (b) seek to access non-public APIs associated with the Service; (c) copy any element of the Service; (d) interfere with the operation of the Service, circumvent any access restrictions, or conduct any security or vulnerability test of the Service; (e) transmit any viruses or other harmful materials to the Service or others; (f) take any action that risks harm to others or to the security, availability, or integrity of the Service except for the purposes of legitimate security or malware research; or (g) access or use the Service or Output in a manner that violates any applicable relevant local, state, federal or international laws, regulations, or conventions, including those related to data privacy or data transfer, international communications, or export of data (collectively, “ Laws ”), or the Terms. The Service incorporates functionality provided by third-party services, the use of which is subject to additional terms. Customer agrees that if Customer accesses or uses services, features or functionality in the Software or Service that are provided by a third party, Customer will comply with any applicable terms promulgated by that third party, including as set forth at https://zed.dev/acceptable-use-policies (as may be updated from time to time).”