[vjeux]

If I read the license correctly, it seems that if you want to use the LLM, you need to tell the authors what you are doing with it.

Am I reading this correctly? https://allenai.org/licenses/impact-mr

“Derivative Impact Reports. AI2 seeks to encourage transparency around Derivatives through the use of Derivative Impact Reports, available here. Before releasing a Model Derivative or Data Derivative, You will share with AI2 the intended use(s) of Your Derivative by completing a Derivative Impact Report or otherwise providing AI2 with substantially similar information in writing. You agree that AI2 may publish, post, or make available such information about Your Derivative for review by the general public.

You will use good faith efforts to be transparent about the intended use(s) of Your Derivatives by making the information freely available to others who may access or use Your Derivatives. You acknowledge that Derivative Impact Reports are not intended to penalize any good faith disclosures about Derivatives. Accordingly, if You initiate or participate in any lawsuit or other legal action against a Third Party based on information in such Third Party’s Derivative Impact Report, then this MR Agreement will terminate immediately as of the date such lawsuit or legal action is filed or commenced.”

[Chris2048]

> if You initiate or participate in any lawsuit or other legal action ... this MR Agreement will terminate immediately

Is this legal? Restricting legal options by making an agreement dependant on it?

[blackeyeblitzar]

Interesting. I recall seeing Apache licenses in their official repositories. I wonder how these additional restrictions get pulled in.

[whimsicalism]

no, this is apache license-d. yes it is confusing that AI2 has custom licenses but they aren't using them here

[lolinder]

It looks like the weights [0] and code [1] are Apache licensed, but the training data [2] is using the license that OP is quoting from.

[0] https://huggingface.co/allenai/OLMo-7B

[1] https://github.com/allenai/OLMo

[2] https://huggingface.co/datasets/allenai/dolma

[jrm4]

Weird. So even if these things are well intentioned, seems like they don't have any teeth.

Are there any out there that have licenses which are (dare I say) simpler, like the GPL?

[mkl]

Does that apply to this model? On huggingface it says "License: The code and model are released under Apache 2.0."