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Meta · Llama API Terms of Service · View original document ↗

No reverse engineering of Services or models

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Key Facts

Can users reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt or assist others to derive the underlying models, algorithms, weights, or source code of the Services?
Meta prohibits users from reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise attempting or assisting others to derive the underlying models, algorithms, weights, or source code of the Services.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This restriction prevents users from gaining access to Meta's proprietary technical infrastructure and extends the prohibition to assisting third parties in doing so.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Aug 7, 2026

The updated terms establish new obligations for developers integrating Meta's AI models into their products. The agreement now requires developers to comply with applicable AI labeling, disclosure, provenance-marking, and system classification requirements under applicable law, with responsibility falling on the developer to implement these disclosures to end users. The expanded definition of Inputs now explicitly includes code, libraries, databases, and any content accessed through connectors or integrations, which may broaden what user-submitted content Meta claims the right to process for safety and security purposes.

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Medium Jul 9, 2026

The updated terms remove developer restrictions that previously applied to large-scale platforms, meaning companies with more than 700 million monthly active users can now access Meta's AI models without special permission. The terms also eliminate the restriction on EU developers accessing multimodal models and consolidate account management under either managed accounts or Meta accounts. Developers previously subject to these restrictions should review whether the updated terms now permit their use case.

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Medium May 21, 2026

The updated terms authorize Meta to retain user-submitted content if its systems flag the content for a potential policy violation, in addition to retention tied to legal compliance and contractual rights. This expands the circumstances under which content may be preserved without explicit time limits. Under the revised language, content retention decisions may now be driven by automated policy-violation flagging in addition to legal or contractual necessity. Developers integrating the Llama API should understand that flagged content may be retained indefinitely pending policy review.

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Clause Stability Stable

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Changes
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Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4244 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The reader may not attempt to uncover, reconstruct, or help anyone else uncover the technical internals of the Services.

How other platforms handle this

NVIDIA NIM Medium

Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the output generated using an NVIDIA proprietary software development kit (e.g., NVIDIA CUDA toolkit), including their development tools and compilers.

Tinder Medium

"Frame" or "mirror" any part of our Services without Tinder's prior written authorization;

Leonardo AI Medium

You agree that use of any Beta Services will at all times be subject to your compliance with the Beta Services Terms.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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you will not...reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt or assist others to derive the underlying models, algorithms, weights, or source code of the Services...

Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Llama API Terms of Service
Entity
Meta
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-060495
Document ID
CA-D-00778
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f7072746936cd38d60a586cac1eb5e6d0e1d87c7ca1dddf98d6a80c6bb1e16ca
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 23:34 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Meta
Document: Llama API Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-060495
Captured: 2026-05-20 23:34:12 UTC
SHA-256: f7072746936cd38d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/meta/llama-api-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-060495/no-reverse-engineering-of-services-or-models/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta's No reverse engineering of Services or models clause do?

This restriction prevents users from gaining access to Meta's proprietary technical infrastructure and extends the prohibition to assisting third parties in doing so.

How does this clause affect you?

The reader may not attempt to uncover, reconstruct, or help anyone else uncover the technical internals of the Services.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 282 platforms. See the full comparison.

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