| # Acceptable Use Policy — Vext Labs open weights | |
| **Applies to:** model weights and adapters released by Vext Labs, Inc. under Apache-2.0 (or other license in the model repo). | |
| **Companion to:** `LICENSE` (legal terms) and the model card (technical + safety). | |
| ## You may | |
| - Use, modify, and redistribute the weights under the applicable open-source license. | |
| - Conduct research, education, and **authorized** commercial products that comply with law. | |
| - Publish derivatives **if** you keep license/NOTICE requirements and do not misrepresent Vext Labs as endorsing your product. | |
| ## You may not | |
| - Use the model to violate law or third-party rights. | |
| - Perform unauthorized security testing, intrusion, or credential theft. | |
| - Generate or distribute child sexual abuse material, scams, or malware. | |
| - Claim that Vext Labs warrants fitness, accuracy, or safety of outputs. | |
| - Remove or obscure license, NOTICE, or prohibited-use notices when redistributing. | |
| ## Security / dual-use models | |
| If the model card labels the release as security, cyber, pentest, sentry, or cipher: | |
| - Use **only** on systems you own or have **explicit authorization** to test. | |
| - Do not ship raw exploit packs derived solely to harm third parties as “Vext official.” | |
| ## No support for criminal use | |
| Vext Labs provides **no support** for illegal use. We may refuse assistance and may report credible threats of imminent harm where required by law. | |
| ## AS IS | |
| Weights are experimental research/engineering artifacts. Use at your own risk. | |