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Perpetual Content License

In plain English: They get to use anything you upload forever, even after you delete your account, and can let others use it too.

“By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Y Combinator and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, store, modify and otherwise use y...”

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Verified on May 1, 2026.

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