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        "Nothing is hosted, so the Apache 2.0 licence stands in for terms of service and no privacy policy is scored.",
        "The changelog is the gpt-oss GitHub repository's commit history and tags (v0.0.1 to v0.0.9); the Hugging Face repository's commits stop on 26 August 2025.",
        "openai.com/.well-known/security.txt answered on 21 October 2026 with a Bugcrowd contact, an acknowledgements page and a coordinated vulnerability disclosure policy. It has no Expires line, which RFC 9116 requires."
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          "check": "Terms of service",
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          "check": "Status page",
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