Allison explains recent changes to GitHub’s pre-release license terms, highlighting added indemnity and changes to liability for enterprise volume licensing customers.

Indemnity and Liability Updates for GitHub Enterprise Pre-release Software

GitHub has revised its Pre-release License Terms, simplifying the process for enterprise customers to trial preview features, effective July 9, 2025. The new terms now provide indemnity for volume licensing customers using pre-release GitHub software and its outputs, removing the previous “no indemnity” language and eliminating the standard liability cap concerning these protections.

Key Updates

Indemnity Now Included: Volume licensing customers receive indemnity protections when using pre-release software and its outputs.
No More Blanket Exclusion: The “no indemnity” clause has been removed from pre-release terms.
Liability Cap Removed: The typical liability cap does not apply to these new indemnity protections.

Who’s Covered?

Organizations under a GitHub Customer Agreement or Microsoft volume licensing agreement are eligible for these updates. Individual users or those on other plans remain unaffected.

Effective Date: July 9, 2025

Further Information

These changes aim to help enterprises and large organizations evaluate new GitHub features with added legal confidence.

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