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+BigScience Open RAIL-M License
+dated August 18, 2022
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+Section I: PREAMBLE
+
+This Open RAIL-M License was created by BigScience, a collaborative open innovation project aimed at
+the responsible development and use of large multilingual datasets and Large Language Models
+(“LLMs”). While a similar license was originally designed for the BLOOM model, we decided to adapt it
+and create this license in order to propose a general open and responsible license applicable to other
+machine learning based AI models (e.g. multimodal generative models).
+In short, this license strives for both the open and responsible downstream use of the accompanying
+model. When it comes to the open character, we took inspiration from open source permissive licenses
+regarding the grant of IP rights. Referring to the downstream responsible use, we added use-based
+restrictions not permitting the use of the Model in very specific scenarios, in order for the licensor to be
+able to enforce the license in case potential misuses of the Model may occur. Even though downstream
+derivative versions of the model could be released under different licensing terms, the latter will always
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+The development and use of artificial intelligence (“AI”), does not come without concerns. The world has
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+BigScience believes in the intersection between open and responsible AI development; thus, this License
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+END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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+Attachment A
+
+Use Restrictions
+
+You agree not to use the Model or Derivatives of the Model:
+(a) In any way that violates any applicable national, federal, state, local or international law
+or regulation;
+(b) For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any
+way;
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+harming others;
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+and place the information and/or content in any context (e.g. bot generating tweets)
+without expressly and intelligibly disclaiming that the information and/or content is
+machine generated;
+(f) To defame, disparage or otherwise harass others;
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+(h) For fully automated decision making that adversely impacts an individual’s legal rights or
+otherwise creates or modifies a binding, enforceable obligation;
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+person pertaining to that group in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or
+another person physical or psychological harm;
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+individual will commit fraud/crime commitment (e.g. by text profiling, drawing causal
+relationships between assertions made in documents, indiscriminate and
+arbitrarily-targeted use).