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So? Boilerplate is there for a reason, usually because previous lawsuits or decisions made it clear that that boilerplate needs to be there for protecting against specific things.

And if the argument is "its just boilerplate, the court shouldn't take it seriously", that's an argument I can get behind for something like a EULA - but not for an article incorporating a non-profit whose signatories include incredibly rich and high-profile individuals, who either had their lawyers comb over this contract, or should've done so. "I didn't realize what I was signing" is not a particularly valid excuse coming from Elon Musk.



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