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Meta · Llama Community License Agreement · View original document ↗

Prohibition on improving other LLMs with outputs

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 282 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What does Meta prohibit licensees from using the Llama Materials to improve?
Meta prohibits licensees from using the Llama Materials or any output or results of the Llama Materials to improve any large language model other than Meta Llama 3 or derivative works thereof.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition directly restricts competitive use of the Llama Materials, preventing licensees from leveraging Meta's model or its outputs to improve rival large language models.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
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)

You are prohibited from using the Llama Materials or any outputs or results they generate to train or improve any large language model other than Meta Llama 3 or derivative works thereof.

How other platforms handle this

Mailchimp Medium

Send content created in Mailchimp through another service.

Tinder Medium

You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)

ActiveCampaign Medium

Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file that controls automated access to portions of our Services;

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You will not use the Llama Materials or any output or results of the Llama Materials to improve any other large language model (excluding Meta Llama 3 or derivative works thereof).

Excerpt from Meta's Llama Community License Agreement

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Llama Community License Agreement
Entity
Meta
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-060921
Document ID
CA-D-00777
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
916aa7b1c8f5e07d423f6713ddbbf3b69cb4288de094f9db4fcccb16aa539d2e
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 13:21 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Meta
Document: Llama Community License Agreement
Record ID: CA-P-060921
Captured: 2026-05-11 13:21:53 UTC
SHA-256: 916aa7b1c8f5e07d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/meta/llama-community-license-agreement/provision/CA-P-060921/prohibition-on-improving-other-llms-with-outputs/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta's Prohibition on improving other LLMs with outputs clause do?

This prohibition directly restricts competitive use of the Llama Materials, preventing licensees from leveraging Meta's model or its outputs to improve rival large language models.

How does this clause affect you?

You are prohibited from using the Llama Materials or any outputs or results they generate to train or improve any large language model other than Meta Llama 3 or derivative works thereof.

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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