The OMLA License is for creators, tuners, and anyone who put real work into the weights.
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.
Built by tinkerers who kept finding their work inside other people's products. Jake started this from his garage in Seattle; the rest is community. Read the story or see how the whole system works.
Two sides of the same deal
I make models
Publish and sign your model, declare who shares the 30% creator pool, and get paid directly — through the Stripe, PayPal, or bank details you already have. Free non-commercial use keeps your community reach.
The creator's guide → For usersI use models
Free for research and hobby work. Making money with a model? Register once, report quarterly, and settle 30% of the greater of revenue or run cost directly with its creators — whether you're an indie shop or an enterprise.
The user's guide →Find your lane
Overview
The whole pipeline — from signed weights to settled royalties — on one page.
Creators
Publish, declare your split, and get paid directly for commercial use.
Users
The quarterly royalty routine, for indie builders and enterprises alike.
Registry
Browse every registered model, its lineage, and its compliance badge.
License
The full royalty terms — one rule, in plain English.
Docs
APIs, schema, wallet protocol, and integration guides.
Two lanes
Personal/Research: free. Commercial: share 30% with creators — OMLA publishes each amount owed at the model's payee wallet; you pay them directly.
One model → one wallet
A single published payee address carries OMLA's computed per‑creator split; the payer pays each upstream creator directly per the published amounts.
Cascading splits
Derivatives declare lineage for provenance and an explicit direct-payee split; automatic multi-level cascade is still a roadmap item.
Open + practical
No copyleft, no lock‑in. Keep fine‑tunes private; just honor royalties on commercial use.