diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/controller/SubmissionController.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/controller/SubmissionController.kt
index 7420815501..054adba6d6 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/controller/SubmissionController.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/controller/SubmissionController.kt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ open class SubmissionController(
     private val requestIdContext: RequestIdContext,
 ) {
 
+    /* TODO change to be made here - similar to restrictedUntil the parameter will conditionally be mandatory */
     @Operation(description = SUBMIT_DESCRIPTION)
     @ApiResponse(responseCode = "200", description = SUBMIT_RESPONSE_DESCRIPTION)
     @PostMapping("/submit", consumes = ["multipart/form-data"])
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ open class SubmissionController(
                 " Format: YYYY-MM-DD",
         ) @RequestParam restrictedUntil: String?,
     ): List<SubmissionIdMapping> {
+        // in here, just default to open DataUseTerms and then don't worry anymore
+        // throw an error if the parameter is given
         val params = SubmissionParams.OriginalSubmissionParams(
             organism,
             authenticatedUser,
diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/model/ReleasedDataModel.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/model/ReleasedDataModel.kt
index 3cccc63b84..3ef235ee85 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/model/ReleasedDataModel.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/org/loculus/backend/model/ReleasedDataModel.kt
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ open class ReleasedDataModel(
                 ("releasedAtTimestamp" to LongNode(rawProcessedData.releasedAtTimestamp.toTimestamp())),
                 ("releasedDate" to TextNode(rawProcessedData.releasedAtTimestamp.toUtcDateString())),
                 ("versionStatus" to TextNode(versionStatus.name)),
+                // TODO changes made here - don't include these fields
                 ("dataUseTerms" to TextNode(currentDataUseTerms.type.name)),
                 ("dataUseTermsRestrictedUntil" to restrictedDataUseTermsUntil),
                 ("pipelineVersion" to LongNode(rawProcessedData.pipelineVersion)),