| | Stability AI Non-Commercial License Agreement |
| | Last Updated: February 20, 2025 |
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| | I. INTRODUCTION |
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| | 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. |
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| | This Agreement is intended to allow research and non-commercial uses of the Model free of charge. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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. |
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| | - **“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 |
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| | Your Research or Non-Commercial license under this Agreement is subject to the following terms. |
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| | 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: |
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| | **"This Stability AI Model is licensed under the Stability AI Non-Commercial License, |
| | Copyright © Stability AI Ltd. All Rights Reserved."** |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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). |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | As between You and Stability AI, You own any outputs generated from the Model or Derivative Works to the extent |
| | permitted by applicable law. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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”). |
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| | 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. |
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| | Your Feedback is provided **“AS IS”** and You make no warranties whatsoever about any Feedback. |
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| | IV. DEFINITIONS |
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| | - **“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. |
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