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+Palmer Community Licence 1.0
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+Copyright (c) 2026 appvoid
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+This licence applies to the Palmer model, including its weights, code, configuration files, tokenizer files, documentation, demos, and related materials, unless another licence is clearly provided.
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+1. Definitions
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+“Palmer” means the model and related materials covered by this licence.
+
+“Individual User” means a natural person using Palmer on their own behalf, not on behalf of a company, organisation, employer, client company, institution, agency, startup, or legal entity.
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+“Company or Organisation” means any corporation, startup, partnership, agency, business, nonprofit, government body, school, institution, or other legal entity.
+
+“Commercial Use” means use intended to generate revenue, reduce business costs, support a paid product or service, serve customers, support internal operations, or provide business value.
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+“Output” means text, images, data, code, or other material generated by Palmer.
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+2. Free Individual Use
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+Individual Users may use Palmer for personal, educational, research, creative, freelance, and commercial purposes.
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+Individual Users may earn unlimited revenue from their use of Palmer and from Outputs generated with Palmer, provided that the use is not performed on behalf of a Company or Organisation.
+
+Examples of permitted Individual Use include:
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+- using Palmer for personal projects;
+- using Palmer to create content, apps, tools, books, videos, or services under the individual’s own name;
+- using Palmer for freelance work, as long as the client is informed that Palmer is being used and the model itself is not transferred, hosted, embedded, resold, or provided as a service to the client without a commercial licence.
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+3. Paid Company and Organisation Use
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+Companies and Organisations must obtain a paid commercial licence before using Palmer for any Commercial Use.
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+This includes, but is not limited to:
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+- using Palmer inside a product, app, API, SaaS, website, extension, plugin, or internal tool;
+- using Palmer to serve customers or users;
+- using Palmer to generate business content, automate business work, or reduce labour costs;
+- fine-tuning, modifying, hosting, or deploying Palmer for company purposes;
+- using Palmer by employees, contractors, founders, or agents on behalf of a Company or Organisation.
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+A Company or Organisation may not avoid this requirement by having an employee, contractor, founder, or individual account use Palmer on its behalf.
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+4. Attribution and Disclosure
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+Any public-facing product, service, application, website, API, or content workflow that uses Palmer must clearly disclose that Palmer is being used.
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+Acceptable disclosure examples include:
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+“Powered by Palmer.”
+“Generated with Palmer.”
+“This product uses the Palmer model.”
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+The disclosure must be reasonably visible to end users.
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+5. Outputs
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+Subject to applicable law and this licence, Outputs generated by Palmer may be used, modified, published, sold, or distributed by the user.
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+The user is responsible for reviewing Outputs and ensuring that their use complies with applicable laws, rights, and obligations.
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+This licence does not grant ownership of Palmer itself, its weights, architecture, code, name, trademarks, or related materials.
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+6. Redistribution
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+Individual Users may share unmodified copies of Palmer for non-company use, provided that this licence remains included.
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+Users may not sell, sublicense, rent, lease, host, provide API access to, or commercially redistribute Palmer without a separate commercial licence.
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+7. Modifications and Fine-Tuning
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+Individual Users may modify or fine-tune Palmer for their own permitted use.
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+Modified or fine-tuned versions remain subject to this licence.
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+Companies and Organisations must obtain a paid commercial licence before modifying, fine-tuning, hosting, deploying, or using Palmer or derivative versions for Commercial Use.
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+8. No Misrepresentation
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+Users may not:
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+- remove Palmer attribution requirements;
+- falsely claim they created Palmer;
+- rename Palmer in a way that hides its origin;
+- represent Palmer as another model;
+- use the Palmer name, logo, or brand in a way that suggests endorsement without permission.
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+9. Prohibited Uses
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+Users may not use Palmer for unlawful activity, malware, fraud, impersonation, harassment, or other harmful uses that violate applicable law.
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+10. Commercial Licence
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+Commercial licences are available from the Palmer owner.
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+A separate written commercial agreement may override this licence for the licensed Company or Organisation only.
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+11. Termination
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+If a user violates this licence, their rights under this licence terminate automatically.
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+Rights may be restored only with written permission from the Palmer owner.
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+12. No Warranty
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+Palmer is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind.
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+The owner is not liable for damages, losses, claims, or consequences arising from the use of Palmer or its Outputs.
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+13. Governing Terms
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+This licence is the entire permission granted for Palmer unless a separate written agreement is signed by the Palmer owner.