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Building an OSS/SaaS procurement policy from scratch? A copy-and-adapt kit: a three-tier allow/caution/deny list, an intake request template, and a re-licensing watch clause. Plus the operational flow from adoption to SBOM-in-CI, quarterly inventory, and change detection — practical structure, not abstract principles.
Read moreIf a contract is silent, the deliverable's copyright usually stays with the maker — "we paid for it" is not enough. The default rules, copyright-assignment clauses (work made for hire, the 17 U.S.C. §204(a) signed writing), moral rights, and USPTO/EUIPO trademark screening, for both the hired and the hiring side.
Read moreAI service Terms are a contract, distinct from the underlying model license. Read them across six axes — training opt-out, commercial use, output ownership, liability, indemnity, retention — for personal, commercial, and enterprise-API cases.
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