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What should a reseller clarify about onward licensing before starting?

Resellers should distinguish downloadable records, derived products and hosted environment access when discussing the scope of an onward licence.

Start by describing what your customers will receive and what they will be able to do with it. Downloading generated records, querying records through an interface and interacting with a hosted simulation are different distribution models. A single product description may conceal several of them.

Ask whether the proposed licence covers onward distribution, transformations, customer-specific subsets and incorporation into larger bundles. If customers will use the material for model training, distinguish that use from redistribution of the source material. If a reseller plans to publish samples, ask how those samples fit within the agreed scope.

MirrorFirm could scope generated datasets, task packs or environments against these intended uses. The discussion should identify any third-party components separately and establish which notices or descriptions need to accompany downstream delivery. No permission should be inferred simply because a file can be exported.

A useful first document is a distribution map connecting each product surface to its recipient and intended use. That gives both parties a concrete basis for defining licence scope. The resulting terms must be agreed; the questions themselves do not establish rights, prices, support commitments or service levels.

Turn the intended distribution model into explicit licensing questions before packaging generated material for customers.

Audience:
Licensed resellers
Content type:
Explanation
Buyer question:
Scope and getting started

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