<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Moming</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="#ff13ff"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">License </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Introduction (MG0-2.0)</span></font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><br></font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>License Name</b>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ModelGo Zero License</span></font></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Version</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2.0</font></span></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Short Identifier: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b>MG0-2.0</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Copyleft:</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No</span></font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Legacy or New</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>New License</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Drafted By Lawyer</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Approved or <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Used</span> by Projects</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No</font></div><div><br></div><div><b>License URL</b>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ids.nus.edu.sg/modelgo-mg0.html">https://ids.nus.edu.sg/modelgo-mg0.html</a></div><div><b>Introduction and Video</b>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.modelgo.li/">https://www.modelgo.li/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Overview</b>:</div><div><br></div><div>ModelGo Zero License Version 2.0 (MG0-2.0) is a new license designed for publishing models (typically neural networks like Llama2, DeepSeek). It is one of the variants in the ModelGo License family. MG0-2.0 is the most permissive license in the ModelGo family.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Complies with OSD:</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>OSD 3 Derived Work<font color="#ff13ff">s \u2014 MG0-2.0 <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Clause 2.1 (a) grants copyright and patent rights to create derivatives.</span></font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff">OSD 5 and OSD 6 \u2014 No discrimination clause is included in MG0-2.0.</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff">OSD 9 License Must Not Restrict Other Software \u2014 No such restriction is included in MG0-2.0.</font></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Gap to Fill:</b></div><div>Model sharing is very common on the web, with over 1.4 million models currently listed on Hugging Face (<a href="https://huggingface.co/models">https://huggingface.co/models</a>). However, most of these models are not properly licensed. When publishing their models, developers typically choose from three main options (as seen in the model license tags on the Hugging Face website):</div><div><br></div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>OSS licenses, e.g., Apache-2.0, MIT</li><li>Open responsible AI licenses (OpenRAILs), e.g., CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M, OpenRAIL++</li><li>Proprietary Licenses, e.g., Llama2, Llama3</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>However, not all licenses are well-suited for model publishing.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Why not use OSS licenses? </b></div><div>Traditional OSS licenses lack clear definitions regarding machine learning concepts, such as Models, Output, and Derivatives created through knowledge transfer. This ambiguity can result in certain ML activities (e.g., Distillation, Mix-of-Expert) being beyond the control of the model owner.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Why not use OpenRAILs? </b></div><div>Recently, Responsible AI Licenses (<a href="https://www.licenses.ai/">https://www.licenses.ai/</a>) have been widely advocated to govern AI technologies, aiming to restrict unlawful and unethical uses of models. While I acknowledge the growing need for such governance, these copyleft-style restrictions do not comply with the OSD and may cause incompatibility with licenses like GPL-3.0. Another concern is that these behavioral restrictions may proliferate within the AI model ecosystem, increasing the risk of license breaches.</div><div><br></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">Why not use Llama2 or Llama3 Licenses?</font></b></div><div><font color="#ff13ff">These licenses are proprietary licenses that are not reusable. Furthermo</font>re, they include exclusive terms such as "You will not use the Llama Materials or any output or results of the Llama Materials to improve any other large language model" and copyleft-style behavioral restrictions.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, the dilemma in current model publishing is the lack of a general-purpose license for model developers. Additionally, since no single license meets diverse model publishing needs, some developers resort to using CC licenses with different elements. However, CC licenses are ill-suited for this purpose as they do not grant patent rights. This motivated the drafting of ModelGo License family, which provides different licensing elements similar to CC but specifically designed for model publishing.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Comparison with Existing OSI-Approved Licenses:</b></div><div>Since I could not find an OSI-approved model license, I can only compare MG0-2.0 with one similar OSS license \u2014 Apache-2.0</div><div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><br></font></div><div><li style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">MG0-2.0 defines licensed materials and derivative works differently from Apache-2.0, tailoring them to models.</font></li><li style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">MG0-2.0 can govern the remote access (e.g., chatbot) scenario.</font></li><li style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">MG0-2.0 does not require retaining attribution or stating modifications when redistributing derivatives.</font></li></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="#ff13ff"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">License </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Introduction (MG-BY-2.0)</span></font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>License Name</b>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ModelGo </span>Attribution<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> License</span></font></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Version</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2.0</font></span></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Short Identifier: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b>MG-BY-2.0</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Copyleft:</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No</span></font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Legacy or New</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>New License</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Drafted By Lawyer</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Yes, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP</font></div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><b>Approved or <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Used</span> by Projects</b>: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No</font></div><div><br></div><div><b>License URL</b>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://ids.nus.edu.sg/modelgo-mg-by.html">https://ids.nus.edu.sg/modelgo-mg-by.html</a></div><div><b>Introduction and Video</b>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.modelgo.li/">https://www.modelgo.li/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Overview</b>:</div><div><br></div><div>ModelGo Attribution License Version 2.0 (MG-BY-2.0) is a new license designed for publishing models (typically neural networks like Llama2, DeepSeek). It is one of the variants in the ModelGo License family. MG-BY-2.0 is the a permissive license in the ModelGo family, requiring that the original license <font color="#ff0000">and attribution</font> be provided when distributing the original Licensed Materials or Derivative Materia<font color="#ff13ff">ls (<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Licensed Materials and </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Derivative Materials are</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>defined</font> in Clause 1). <font color="#ff0000">A statement of modification is required, if applicable.</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">(Red content represents the differences from MG0-2.0 license)</font></div><div><br></div><div><b>Complies with OSD:</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>OSD 3 Derived Works \u2014 M<font color="#ff13ff">G-BY-2.0 <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Clause 2.1 (a) grants copyright and patent rights to create derivatives.</span></font></div><div>OSD 5 and OSD 6 \u2014 No discrimination clause is included in MG-BY-2.0.</div><div>OSD 9 License Must Not Restrict Other Software \u2014 No such restriction is included in MG-BY-2.0.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Gap to Fill:</b></div><div>Model sharing is very common on the web, with over 1.4 million models currently listed on Hugging Face (<a href="https://huggingface.co/models">https://huggingface.co/models</a>). However, most of these models are not properly licensed. When publishing their models, developers typically choose from three main options (as seen in the model license tags on the Hugging Face website):</div><div><br></div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>OSS licenses, e.g., Apache-2.0, MIT</li><li>Open responsible AI licenses (OpenRAILs), e.g., CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M, OpenRAIL++</li><li>Proprietary Licenses, e.g., Llama2, Llama3</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>However, not all licenses are well-suited for model publishing.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Why not use OSS licenses? </b></div><div>Traditional OSS licenses lack clear definitions regarding machine learning concepts, such as Models, Output, and Derivatives created through knowledge transfer. This ambiguity can result in certain ML activities (e.g., Distillation, Mix-of-Expert) being beyond the control of the model owner.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Why not use OpenRAILs? </b></div><div>Recently, Responsible AI Licenses (<a href="https://www.licenses.ai/">https://www.licenses.ai/</a>) have been widely advocated to govern AI technologies, aiming to restrict unlawful and unethical uses of models. While I acknowledge the growing need for such governance, these copyleft-style restrictions do not comply with the OSD and may cause incompatibility with licenses like GPL-3.0. Another concern is that these behavioral restrictions may proliferate within the AI model ecosystem, increasing the risk of license breaches.</div><div><br></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">Why not use Llama2 or Llama3 Licenses?</font></b></div><div><font color="#ff13ff">These licenses are proprietary licenses that are not reusable. Furthe</font>rmore, they include exclusive terms such as "You will not use the Llama Materials or any output or results of the Llama Materials to improve any other large language model" and copyleft-style behavioral restrictions.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, the dilemma in current model publishing is the lack of a general-purpose license for model developers. Additionally, since no single license meets diverse model publishing needs, some developers resort to using CC licenses with different elements. However, CC licenses are ill-suited for this purpose as they do not grant patent rights. This motivated the drafting of ModelGo License family, which provides different licensing elements similar to CC but specifically designed for model publishing.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Co<font color="#ff13ff">mparison with Existing OSI-Approved Licenses:</font></b></div><div><font color="#ff13ff">Since I could not find an OSI-approved model license, I can only compare MG-BY-2.0 with one similar OSS license \u2014 Apache-2.0</font></div><div><div><font color="#ff13ff"><br></font></div><div><li style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">MG-BY-2.0 defines licensed materials and derivative works differently from Apache-2.0, tailoring them to models.</font></li><li style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ff13ff">MG-BY-2.0 can govern the remote access (e.g., chatbot) scenario.</font></li></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>