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Stability AI Non-Commercial License Agreement | |
Last Updated: February 20, 2025 | |
I. INTRODUCTION | |
This Stability AI Non-Commercial License Agreement (the “Agreement”) applies to any individual person or entity | |
(“You”, “Your” or “Licensee”) that uses or distributes any portion or element of the Stability AI Materials or | |
Derivative Works thereof for any Research & Non-Commercial use. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein | |
are defined in Section IV below. | |
This Agreement is intended to allow research and non-commercial uses of the Model free of charge. | |
By clicking “I Accept” or by using or distributing or using any portion or element of the Stability Materials | |
or Derivative Works, You agree that You have read, understood and are bound by the terms of this Agreement. | |
If You are acting on behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, then “You” includes you and that entity, | |
and You agree that You: | |
(i) are an authorized representative of such entity with the authority to bind such entity to this Agreement, and | |
(ii) You agree to the terms of this Agreement on that entity’s behalf. | |
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II. RESEARCH & NON-COMMERCIAL USE LICENSE | |
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Stability AI grants You a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable, | |
non-sublicensable, revocable, and royalty-free limited license under Stability AI’s intellectual property or other | |
rights owned by Stability AI embodied in the Stability AI Materials to use, reproduce, distribute, and create | |
Derivative Works of, and make modifications to, the Stability AI Materials for any Research or Non-Commercial Purpose. | |
- **“Research Purpose”** means academic or scientific advancement, and in each case, is not primarily intended | |
for commercial advantage or monetary compensation to You or others. | |
- **“Non-Commercial Purpose”** means any purpose other than a Research Purpose that is not primarily intended | |
for commercial advantage or monetary compensation to You or others, such as personal use (i.e., hobbyist) | |
or evaluation and testing. | |
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III. GENERAL TERMS | |
Your Research or Non-Commercial license under this Agreement is subject to the following terms. | |
### a. Distribution & Attribution | |
If You distribute or make available the Stability AI Materials or a Derivative Work to a third party, or a product | |
or service that uses any portion of them, You shall: | |
1. Provide a copy of this Agreement to that third party. | |
2. Retain the following attribution notice within a **"Notice"** text file distributed as a part of such copies: | |
**"This Stability AI Model is licensed under the Stability AI Non-Commercial License, | |
Copyright © Stability AI Ltd. All Rights Reserved."** | |
3. Prominently display **“Powered by Stability AI”** on a related website, user interface, blog post, | |
about page, or product documentation. | |
4. If You create a Derivative Work, You may add your own attribution notice(s) to the **"Notice"** text file | |
included with that Derivative Work, provided that You clearly indicate which attributions apply to the | |
Stability AI Materials and state in the **"Notice"** text file that You changed the Stability AI Materials | |
and how it was modified. | |
### b. Use Restrictions | |
Your use of the Stability AI Materials and Derivative Works, including any output or results of the Stability | |
AI Materials or Derivative Works, must comply with applicable laws and regulations (including Trade Control | |
Laws and equivalent regulations) and adhere to the Documentation and Stability AI’s AUP, which is hereby | |
incorporated by reference. | |
Furthermore, You will not use the Stability AI Materials or Derivative Works, or any output or results of the | |
Stability AI Materials or Derivative Works, to create or improve any foundational generative AI model | |
(excluding the Model or Derivative Works). | |
### c. Intellectual Property | |
#### (i) Trademark License | |
No trademark licenses are granted under this Agreement, and in connection with the Stability AI Materials | |
or Derivative Works, You may not use any name or mark owned by or associated with Stability AI or any of | |
its Affiliates, except as required under Section IV(a) herein. | |
#### (ii) Ownership of Derivative Works | |
As between You and Stability AI, You are the owner of Derivative Works You create, subject to Stability AI’s | |
ownership of the Stability AI Materials and any Derivative Works made by or for Stability AI. | |
#### (iii) Ownership of Outputs | |
As between You and Stability AI, You own any outputs generated from the Model or Derivative Works to the extent | |
permitted by applicable law. | |
#### (iv) Disputes | |
If You or Your Affiliate(s) institute litigation or other proceedings against Stability AI (including a | |
cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Stability AI Materials, Derivative Works, or | |
associated outputs or results, or any portion of any of the foregoing, constitutes infringement of intellectual | |
property or other rights owned or licensable by You, then any licenses granted to You under this Agreement | |
shall terminate as of the date such litigation or claim is filed or instituted. | |
You will indemnify and hold harmless Stability AI from and against any claim by any third party arising out | |
of or related to Your use or distribution of the Stability AI Materials or Derivative Works in violation of | |
this Agreement. | |
#### (v) Feedback | |
From time to time, You may provide Stability AI with verbal and/or written suggestions, comments, or other | |
feedback related to Stability AI’s existing or prospective technology, products, or services (collectively, | |
“Feedback”). | |
You are not obligated to provide Stability AI with Feedback, but to the extent that You do, You hereby grant | |
Stability AI a **perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid, sub-licensable, transferable, non-exclusive, | |
worldwide right and license** to exploit the Feedback in any manner without restriction. | |
Your Feedback is provided **“AS IS”** and You make no warranties whatsoever about any Feedback. | |
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IV. DEFINITIONS | |
- **“Affiliate(s)”** means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common | |
control with the subject entity. For purposes of this definition, “control” means direct or indirect ownership | |
or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity. | |
- **“AUP”** means the Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy available at https://stability.ai/use-policy, as may | |
be updated from time to time. | |
- **"Derivative Work(s)"** means: | |
(a) Any derivative work of the Stability AI Materials as recognized by U.S. copyright laws. | |
(b) Any modifications to a Model, and any other model created which is based on or derived from the Model or | |
the Model’s output, including **fine-tune** and **low-rank adaptation** models derived from a Model or | |
a Model’s output, but does not include the output of any Model. | |
- **“Model”** means Stability AI’s Stable Virtual Camera model. | |
- **"Stability AI" or "we"** means Stability AI Ltd. and its Affiliates. | |
- **"Software"** means Stability AI’s proprietary software made available under this Agreement now or in the future. | |
- **“Stability AI Materials”** means, collectively, Stability’s proprietary Model, Software, and Documentation | |
(and any portion or combination thereof) made available under this Agreement. | |
- **“Trade Control Laws”** means any applicable U.S. and non-U.S. export control and trade sanctions laws and regulations. | |