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The OMLA License is an AI model license for creators, tuners, and anyone who meaningfully contributes.

A model with an OMLA License requires royalties to be paid if the model is used commercially. The OMLA License only stipulates that royalties must be paid for commercial use to the model creators; it does not govern acceptable uses, merging, open‑source requirements, intellectual property, or output restrictions. Model makers may attach additional or sublicenses covering those aspects.

Non‑Commercial Use

OMLA‑licensed models are free to use for non‑commercial purposes, defined as activities that do not directly or indirectly generate revenue, financial contributions, or other material benefit. Examples include academic research, personal projects, and internal training. This also covers internal model training and development of future models, as well as hobby experimentation.

Commercial Use

Any use that seeks or results in financial gain—whether through sales, subscriptions, advertising, paid services, fundraising, sponsorships, or enhancing the value of another product or service (e.g., a boat tour using AI to announce fish sightings)—is considered commercial use. For commercial use by profit‑seeking individuals or organizations, 30% of revenue or cost to run is directed back to the model creators.

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License and Framework Development (ONGOING)

Projected timeline and features to build. If you're interested in helping, reach out.

  • Develop working wallet architecture — 2 wks · ETA Aug 25, 2025
  • Establish full board — 2 wks · ETA Feb 16, 2026
  • Set up bank account/U.S. EIN — 1 wk · ETA Feb 02, 2026
  • Set up donation methods and accounts — 1 wk · ETA Feb 02, 2026
  • Submit to U.S. tax authority for non‑profit status — 1 wk · ETA Feb 02, 2026
  • Develop working hosted database — 1 wk · ETA Sep 01, 2025
  • Develop method to submit a model — 1 wk · ETA Sep 08, 2025
  • Develop method to review/check submissions — 1 wk · ETA Sep 15, 2025
  • Add wallet options for direct payment (Lightning, crypto, PayPal, Stripe, etc.) — 2 wks · ETA Sep 29, 2025
  • Locate vendors who can handle wallet hosting (goal 3+) — 2 wks · ETA Oct 13, 2025
  • Identify companies for international transfer/routing if sender’s method is unsupported (goal 2+) — 1 wk · ETA Oct 20, 2025
  • Proof‑of‑concept demonstration — 1 wk · ETA Oct 27, 2025
  • Develop open‑source payment processing module — 2 wks · ETA Nov 10, 2025
  • Develop royalty‑tracking embed for common commercial solutions — 2 wks · ETA Nov 24, 2025
  • Provide options for other wallet types (e.g., in‑site credits) — 1 wk · ETA Dec 01, 2025
  • Translate this page into common languages — 1 wk · ETA Dec 29, 2025
  • Extend: open option to apply licensing terms to material (example: a creator can license their likeness and it would be treated like a model, with the creator getting money for IP use) — 1 wk · ETA Dec 29, 2025
  • Reach out to larger model makers & creators — 1 wk · ETA Dec 08, 2025
  • Find heads of compliance for major countries — 2 wks · ETA Dec 22, 2025
  • Fundraise — 2 wks · ETA Jan 12, 2026
  • Apply for government grants — 2 wks · ETA Jan 26, 2026
  • Establish Reddit page for feedback — 0.25 wks · ETA Feb 18, 2026
  • Review & remediate remaining end‑user usability gaps — 1 wk · ETA Feb 24, 2026

Projected wrap (optimistic): Feb 24, 2026. Regulatory approvals may extend beyond submission dates.

Clarity

What a OMLA-licence means — and does not mean

An OMLA-Licence, and by extension the OMLA non-profit coporation, does:

  • Mean free non‑commercial use (research, personal).
  • Mean a royalty payment if used commercialy to the creators.
  • Royaltys are based on the revenue from the model or cost to run: easy to compute, easy to pay.
  • Provide a wallet framework for single wallet payments for model use, which compensate all upstream model creators based on proportinal contributions.

The OMLA-Licence, and by extension the OMLA non-profit coporation, does not:

  • Force open‑sourcing of derivative code or weights.
  • Restrict deployment venue (cloud, on‑prem, edge, offline).
  • Mandate specific payment rails or wallets.
  • Track usage via telemetry or invasive reporting.
  • Impose copyleft/viral obligations (except the commercial use royalty stipulation for upstream models).
Other Quick Info

Other Quick Info

Two lanes

Personal/Research: free. Commercial: share 30% to creators via the model wallet.

One model → one wallet

A single payout address auto‑splits funds upstream.

Cascading splits

Derivatives declare contributions; the pool pays all upstream creators in one pass.

Open + practical

No copyleft, no lock‑in. Keep fine‑tunes private; just honor royalties on commercial use.