item: Using MIT-licensed code inside a closed-source proprietary product.

expected: PERMITTED

category: mit

source: csoai-authored

note: licence-reasoning discrimination (trigger/compatibility/scope), defensible ground truth


item: Using an OpenRAIL-M model for a use listed in the licence's prohibited-uses appendix.

expected: RESTRICTED

category: rail


item: Shipping MPL-2.0 files inside a larger proprietary product while keeping the source of the MPL-covered files available.

category: mpl


item: Commercially fine-tuning and deploying an OpenRAIL model for a use that is NOT in its restricted-uses list.

category: rail-ok


item: Running modified AGPL-3.0 software for a single internal user with no other users interacting with it over a network.

category: agpl-single


item: Distributing a binary of GPL-3.0 software to customers while refusing to provide the corresponding source.

category: gpl-dist


item: Commercially deploying Apache-2.0 code and relying on its express patent grant.

category: apache


item: Redistributing Apache-2.0 code after deleting the required NOTICE file.

category: notice


item: Incorporating Apache-2.0 code into a GPL-3.0-licensed project.

category: compat


item: Dynamically linking an LGPL-2.1 library from proprietary software while allowing the user to replace the library.

category: lgpl


item: Distributing a single binary that statically links a GPL-2.0-only library together with Apache-2.0 code.


item: Modifying GPL-3.0 software and running it only internally, with no distribution, and not releasing the source.

category: gpl-internal


item: Any use, including commercial, of a work dedicated to the public domain under CC0.


item: Providing Elastic-License-2.0 software to third parties as a hosted, managed service.


item: Creating a modified version of a CC BY-ND 4.0 work and distributing that derivative.

category: cc-nd


item: Deploying a product built on Meta's Llama 3 Community License model with 800 million monthly active users, without a separate Meta licence.

category: weights


item: Distributing a modified BSD-3-Clause library using the original author's name to endorse it.

category: bsd

anchor: bsd

note: BSD-3 no-endorsement clause


item: Selling a support subscription for unmodified GPL-2.0 software you distribute with full source.

category: gpl

anchor: gpl

note: GPL permits selling; source provided


item: Combining GPL-3.0 and GPL-2.0-only code in one distributed binary.

category: gpl-compat

anchor: gpl-compat

note: GPL-2.0-only and GPL-3.0 are incompatible


item: Using an MIT library and only reproducing its licence text in an ABOUT screen.

anchor: mit

note: MIT needs the notice retained; ABOUT suffices


item: Offering AGPL-3.0 software as a network service without offering the (modified) source to users.

category: agpl

anchor: agpl

note: AGPL network clause requires source to users


item: Fine-tuning a CC-BY-4.0 dataset model and attributing the dataset in the model card.

category: cc-by

anchor: cc-by

note: CC-BY needs attribution; provided


item: Redistributing a CC-BY-SA-4.0 work under a more restrictive proprietary licence.

category: cc-sa

anchor: cc-sa

note: ShareAlike forbids relicensing more restrictively


item: Statically linking an MPL-2.0 file into a proprietary binary, keeping the MPL files' source available.

category: mpl

anchor: mpl

note: MPL is file-level copyleft; source of MPL files suffices


item: Using an OpenRAIL-M model for a use explicitly in the licence's prohibited-uses appendix.

category: openrail

anchor: openrail

note: use-based restriction breached


item: Deploying a Llama-3 model with under 700M MAU commercially.

category: llama

anchor: llama

note: Llama community licence threshold not exceeded


item: Deploying a Llama-3 model at 800M MAU without a separate Meta licence.

note: exceeds the 700M MAU threshold


item: Publishing benchmark results of a proprietary model whose terms forbid publishing comparisons.

category: terms

anchor: terms


item: Using a public-domain (CC0) work in a commercial closed product with no attribution.

note: CC0 waives all conditions


item: Removing copyright headers from Apache-2.0 files before redistribution.

category: apache

anchor: apache

note: Apache-2.0 requires retaining notices


item: Dynamically linking an LGPL-3.0 library from proprietary code, allowing user relinking.

anchor: lgpl

note: LGPL dynamic-link + relink allowance satisfied


item: Hosting Elastic-License-2.0 software as a managed service for third parties.

category: elastic

anchor: elastic

note: ELv2 forbids managed-service resale