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ImpACT License Low Risk

AI2 ImpACT License – Low Risk Artifacts

Version 2.0

Effective Date: January 8, 2024

This AI2 ImpACT License for Low Risk Artifacts (“LR Agreement”) is between The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (“AI2”) and any individual or entity who purchases, downloads, installs, logs into, accesses or otherwise uses any “low risk” Artifacts that refer to this LR Agreement, including any other person or entity that an individual purports to represent, be the agent of, or otherwise act on behalf of (collectively, “You”).

By clicking or taking similar action to accept this LR Agreement, or by accessing or using any Artifacts licensed under this LR Agreement, You agree to all the terms and conditions herein. You represent and warrant that You are at least 18 years old and have the full legal right, power, and authority to enter into this LR Agreement and bind any employer or entity that You are acting on behalf of. If You do not agree or have the requisite authority, You have no right to access or use any Artifacts and must immediately cease any existing use.

A human-friendly summary of the legal text can be found here.

  1. DEFINITIONS.

    1. “Artifact(s)” means collectively and individually, the Data, Models, and subsequent versions thereof that are licensed by AI2 pursuant to this LR Agreement, excluding Code.

    2. “Code” means a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program.

    3. “Data” means the datasets created and/or compiled by AI2 to pretrain, train, evaluate, instruct, or fine-tune a Model.

    4. “Data Derivatives” means

      1. all modifications of the Data, and/or

      2. all derivative works created from the Data that are considered copyrighted works under U.S. copyright laws.

    5. “Derivatives” means anything that is based on or derived from any Artifact within the meaning of applicable U.S. copyright laws, including specifically and without limitation, Model Derivatives and Data Derivatives.

    6. “Distribute” or “Distribution” means any transmission, reproduction, publication, public display, or other sharing of Artifacts and/or Derivatives to a Third party by any means, including as a hosted service made available by electronic or other remote means - e.g. API or web access.

    7. “Model” means the algorithms, weights and/or parameters used to produce the desired outcome, whether a machine learning algorithm or a deeper neural network.

    8. “Model Derivatives” means

      1. all modifications to the Model; and/or

      2. any other model, which is created or initialized by transfer of patterns of the weights, parameters, activations, or output of the Model in order to cause the other model to perform similarly to the Model, including without limitation, distillation methods entailing the use of intermediate data representations or methods based on the generation of synthetic data by the Model for training the other model.

    9. “Term” means the period of time starting from the date You access or use any Artifacts until this LR Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 4.

    10. “Third Party” means any party other than You or AI2.

    11. “Use-Based Restrictions” means the specified restricted use cases set forth in Exhibit A.

  2. LICENSE. Subject to Your compliance with this LR Agreement together with all applicable laws, AI2 grants to You a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to use and install Artifacts, and to create and use Derivatives strictly in accordance with the requirements and restrictions as set forth below.

    1. Distribution. You may Distribute the Artifacts and any Derivatives You create, provided that:

      1. You flow down and include the Use-Based Restrictions as an enforceable provision in any type of license or legal agreement governing downstream use and/or Distribution of the Artifacts and Your Derivatives; and

      2. You retain all applicable copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices included with the Artifact.

    2. Attribution. Together with the Artifacts, Your Derivatives, and/or any copies of the foregoing that You Distribute, You must provide (i) a prominent notice stating what modifications You made to the Artifact (if any), (ii) a copy of this LR Agreement; and (iii) the following attribution notice: ”[Artifact] is licensed under the AI2 ImpACT License for Low Risk Artifacts,© [year] The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.”

    3. Derivative Impact Reports. AI2 seeks to encourage transparency around Derivatives through the use of Derivative Impact Reports, available here. Before releasing a Model Derivative or Data Derivative, You will share with AI2 the intended use(s) of Your Derivative by completing a Derivative Impact Report or otherwise providing AI2 with substantially similar information in writing.You agree that AI2 may publish, post, or make available such information about Your Derivative for review by the general public.

      1. You will use good faith efforts to be transparent about the intended use(s) of Your Derivatives by making the information freely available to others who may access or use Your Derivatives.

      2. You acknowledge that Derivative Impact Reports are not intended to penalize any good faith disclosures about Derivatives. Accordingly, if You initiate or participate in any lawsuit or other legal action against a Third Party based on information in such Third Party’s Derivative Impact Report, then this LR Agreement will terminate immediately as of the date such lawsuit or legal action is filed or commenced.

    4. Use-Based Restrictions. You will not use any Artifacts or Derivatives in connection with any Use-Based Restrictions, including without limitation, creating any content with, fine-tuning, updating, running, training, evaluating and/or reparametrizing a Model.

    5. No Circumvention. You acknowledge that the purpose of the license granted herein is to facilitate transparency and responsible development of AI technology. Accordingly, You will not directly or indirectly circumvent the requirements in this Section 2, nor assist or enable any Third Party to do so.

  3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

    1. AI2 and its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to the Artifacts, including all patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property rights, whether such rights are registered or unregistered, anywhere in the world those rights may exist. You will not commit any act or omission that contradicts or is inconsistent with AI2’s rights; nor facilitate, permit, or induce any Third Party to do the same. Other than the license granted in Section 2 and as provided in Section 3(b), all rights are expressly reserved by AI2.

    2. Subject to Your compliance with this LR Agreement, You will own any Derivatives You create.

  4. TERM AND TERMINATION. AI2 may revoke the license granted to You and terminate this LR Agreement by written notice at any time if You materially breach any of Your obligations herein and fail to cure to AI2’s reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days after such notice.

    1. Additionally, if AI2 terminates this LR Agreement due to Your uncured breach of Section 2(d) (Use-Based Restrictions):

      1. You authorize AI2 to post a prominent notice stating that You violated the Use-Based Restrictions of this LR Agreement and that Your rights to use the Artifacts and Derivatives were terminated by AI2; and

      2. AI2 reserves the right to take any action to suspend, restrict, or terminate (remotely or otherwise) Your access, use, or Distribution of any Artifacts or Derivatives that violate the Use-Based Restrictions.

    2. Upon any termination of this LR Agreement, the license granted in Section 2 will automatically terminate as of the termination date and You will:

      1. Cease all use and Distribution of the Artifacts and immediately delete all copies in Your possession or control; and

      2. Cease all use and Distribution of any Derivatives that violate the Use-Based Restrictions and promptly provide AI2 with any other information regarding Your Derivatives as requested by AI2.

    3. All terms and provisions that are reasonably interpreted to survive termination of this LR Agreement to fulfill its essential purpose will survive, including Sections 3-8.

  5. DISCLAIMER. AI2 PROVIDES ALL ARTIFACTS “AS-IS”. AI2 DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF USING AND DISTRIBUTING ANY ARTIFACTS AND CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING ANY DERIVATIVES. YOU ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR EXERCISE OF PERMISSIONS UNDER THIS LR AGREEMENT.

  6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, IN NO EVENT WILL AI2 BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE, INTEROPERABILITY OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER LOSS) ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS LR AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY ARTIFACTS OR DERIVATIVES, WHETHER IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

  7. INDEMNIFICATION FOR THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS. You will defend and indemnify AI2 and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all Third Party claims, lawsuits, and proceedings that arise or result from:

    1. Your material, uncured breach of this LR Agreement; and/or

    2. Your failure or alleged failure to comply with applicable laws, or any violation of a Third Party’s rights in connection with Your use of the Artifacts or Your Derivatives.

  8. MISCELLANEOUS.

    1. Consideration. The Artifacts are provided to You by AI2 subject to Your continued compliance with the terms and conditions of this LR Agreement.

    2. Relationship. This LR Agreement and the parties’ relationship hereunder is non-exclusive, and neither party is restricted or limited in any way from entering into the same or similar arrangements with Third Parties. Nothing in this LR Agreement will be deemed or construed to create any employment, franchise, joint venture, partnership, agency or other such similar relationship between You and AI2.

    3. No Waiver; Equitable Remedies. Any delay or failure of AI2 to enforce its rights or any provision of this LR Agreement will not be a waiver unless specifically issued in writing by AI2. Any term or provision that is held to be invalid or unenforceable will not affect any other terms in this LR Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. You and AI2 each acknowledge that given the unique qualities and novel subject matter of this LR Agreement, it may be impossible to measure money damages to AI2. You further acknowledge that this LR Agreement reflects AI2’s core values of accountability, collaboration, and transparency in its mission to advance responsible AI development for the common good, and Your use of any Artifacts and Derivatives in violation of this LR Agreement will cause irreparable harm to AI2. You agree that AI2 is entitled to seek injunctive relief against You in addition to any other legal and equitable remedies for Your uncured, material breach of any Use-Based Restrictions.

    4. Export Control: You will not violate any applicable U.S. and non-U.S. export control and trade sanctions laws (“Export Laws”) or directly or indirectly export, re-export, provide, or otherwise transfer any Artifacts or Derivatives

      1. to any individual, entity, or country prohibited by Export Laws;

      2. to anyone on U.S. or non-U.S. government restricted parties lists; or

      3. for any purpose prohibited by Export Laws, including nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or missile technology applications.

    5. Governing Law. This LR Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A. without regard to its choice of laws or conflict of laws rules.

    6. Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, this LR Agreement and any documents or policies that are incorporated or made part of this LR Agreement by reference contain the entire agreement between You and AI2 regarding the subject matter herein.

    7. Modifications. AI2 may revise and update the terms of this LR Agreement from time to time and will post updated versions of this LR Agreement to its website at http://allenai.org/impact-license. THE AMENDED TERMS SET FORTH IN SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS OF THIS LR AGREEMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE ABOVE. The amendments will not apply retroactively to the Artifacts that You downloaded or used, or to any Derivatives that You created before the effective date of such change. Accordingly, the version of this LR Agreement You agreed to when You accessed the Artifacts will continue to govern your use of the same.

For any questions regarding this LR Agreement, please contact ai2impact@allenai.org.

EXHIBIT A

USE-BASED RESTRICTIONS

  1. EXPECTATIONS. AI2 expects that You will not use, or cause or assist others to use, any Artifacts or Derivatives in connection with any academic dishonesty, including submitting any informational content or output of a Model as Your own work in any academic setting.

  2. RESTRICTIONS. You will not, and will not permit, assist, or cause any Third Party to use, modify, copy, reproduce, incorporate, create Derivatives of, or Distribute any Artifacts or Your Derivatives, in whole or in part, for:

    1. military weapons purposes or in the service of nuclear proliferation or nuclear weapons technology;

    2. purposes of military surveillance, including any research or development relating to military surveillance;

    3. purposes of generating or disseminating information or content, in any context (e.g. posts, articles, tweets, chatbots or other kinds of automated bots) without expressly and intelligibly disclaiming that the text is machine generated;

    4. purposes of ‘real time’ remote biometric processing or identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement;

    5. fully automated decision-making without a human in the loop without conducting the requisite diligence and implementing technical and administrative safeguards in accordance with industry best practices to prevent or mitigate harmful outputs and uses for malicious purposes, such as spreading misinformation or perpetuating bias against historically disadvantaged groups; and/or

    6. purposes of the predictive administration of justice, law enforcement, immigration, or asylum processes, such as predicting an individual will commit fraud/crime (e.g. by text profiling, drawing causal relationships between assertions made in documents, indiscriminate and arbitrarily-targeted use).

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