The AGPLv3 license adopted by 4o-ghibli-at-home creatively balances open source sharing with commercial norms. The core terms of the license include:
- Allow any user to freely use, modify and distribute the code
- Require modified versions to be equally open source (contagion clause)
- Modified source code must be disclosed when used in the form of a web service.
This design effectively prevents the following commercial abuse scenarios:
- SaaS companies encapsulate code to monetize as a fee-based service
- Hardware vendors pre-install closed-source modifications for profit.
- Academic Institutions Patent Monopoly Technologies
The project sponsors specifically state that individual users and academic research can be used unconditionally and free of charge, including:
- Producing non-profit homage works
- Classroom Demonstration
- Research Paper Experiment
Commercial organizations need to negotiate with the copyright holder for a special license if they want to use it closed-source. This licensing model has proven to be effective in facilitating community contributions - the project has received 27 quality PRs within three months of release.
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