Clarification Regarding Commercial Use of Quran Models
Hello,
I hope you're doing well.
I'm interested in using your Quran models in my application, as they are an excellent fit for my use case. However, I noticed that the zipformer_p-quran repository states that the model cannot be used for commercial purposes.
I also noticed that your other Quran-related models do not appear to include the same restriction. Because of this, I wanted to confirm your licensing terms.
My application is a paid app, meaning users pay to access the app itself. I would like to know whether I can use your Quran models in this type of application, or whether I would need a separate commercial license or your explicit permission.
Could you please clarify:
Does the commercial-use restriction apply only to zipformer_p-quran, or to all of your Quran-related models?
Thank you for your time and clarification. I look forward to your response.
Best regards,
Wa alaykum as-salam, and jazakAllahu khayran for asking directly.
The restriction is not limited to zipformer_p-quran. It covers all the Quran models, though the exact terms differ slightly:
fastconformer-quran (offline) and fastconformer-quran-streaming: both under the Quran-Lab No-Profit License (NPL-1.0). You may use, fine-tune, and even host them, but you may only recover the strictly necessary direct running costs (compute, storage, bandwidth), with no margin and no profit.
zipformer_p-quran: even simpler. It must stay completely free to end users, with no charging at all (not even cost-recovery).
So none of them can sit behind a paid or subscription tier. If your app is free to end users, you are welcome to use any of them; the FastConformer models additionally allow strict cost-recovery hosting. For any paid or commercial use, that would need a separate written arrangement, so feel free to reach out and we can talk. Barak Allahu feek, and may Allah bless your work.