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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
  • 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
  • Locate vendors who can handle wallet hosting (goal 3+) — 2 wks
  • Identify companies for international transfer/routing if sender's method is unsupported (goal 2+) — 1 wk
  • Proof‑of‑concept demonstration — 1 wk
  • Develop open‑source payment processing module — 2 wks
  • Develop royalty‑tracking embed for common commercial solutions — 2 wks
  • Provide options for other wallet types (e.g., in‑site credits) — 1 wk
  • Set up bank account/U.S. EIN — 1 wk
  • Set up donation methods and accounts — 1 wk
  • Submit to U.S. tax authority for non‑profit status — 1 wk
  • Establish full board — 2 wks
  • Reach out to larger model makers & creators — 1 wk
  • Find heads of compliance for major countries — 2 wks
  • Fundraise — 2 wks
  • Apply for government grants — 2 wks
  • Translate this page into common languages — 1 wk
  • Extend: open option to apply licensing terms to other creative material (likeness, art, etc.) — 1 wk
  • Establish Reddit page for feedback — 0.25 wks
  • Review & remediate remaining end‑user usability gaps — 1 wk

Framework under active development. Regulatory approvals may extend beyond submission dates.

Clarity

What an OMLA License means — and does not mean

An OMLA License, and by extension the OMLA non-profit corporation, does:

  • Mean free non‑commercial use (research, personal).
  • Mean a royalty payment if used commercially to the creators.
  • Base royalties on 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 proportional contributions.

The OMLA License, and by extension the OMLA non-profit corporation, 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

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.