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Terms of service

Also called: ToS, terms of use, terms and conditions, T&Cs, user agreement, service agreement

The legal agreement between a service and the people who use it. A person must accept it to use the service. Common Paper publishes a free, standard template for this (Terms of Service), made for business software that customers accept with a click.

For example: A founder plans to resell output from an AI provider. The provider's terms of service say what customers may do with that output, so the founder's lawyer reads them.

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This glossary is plain-language orientation, not legal or financial advice. Before you decide on a company structure, a contract, taxes or a fundraising deal, talk with a lawyer or an accountant.

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