Use of specific third-party models on Replicate (Flux, Ideogram, Stability AI) is subject to additional restrictions flowing down from the model providers, including prohibitions on use for surveillance, biometric processing, military purposes, and development of competing products. Redistribution or fine-tuning of Stability AI models requires a direct license from Stability AI. These restrictions apply to customers and must be flowed down to their own users where applicable.
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These provisions impose use-case specific restrictions that go beyond Replicate's own acceptable use policy, including prohibitions on competitive product development using model outputs, surveillance applications, and biometric processing. Non-compliance by authorized users constitutes a breach by the customer under the agreement and triggers indemnification obligations.
Under these clauses, customers using Flux, Ideogram, or Stability AI models through Replicate are subject to additional provider-specific restrictions that prohibit, among other things, using model outputs to build competing services, processing biometric data, conducting surveillance activities, and redistributing model weights without a direct license from Stability AI. These restrictions must be incorporated into customers' own downstream product terms where applicable.
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Compare across platforms →"You agree to fully comply with Third-Party Terms applicable to your use of the Services, including all Additional Terms and licenses associated with the Models that you choose to use through the Services. With respect to the FluxDev Model or any similar Flux Models, you shall not: use, modify, copy, reproduce, create Derivatives of, or distribute any technology owned by Black Forest Labs for (a) any military purposes, (b) purposes of surveillance, including any research or development relating to surveillance, (c) biometric processing... use or access the Black Forest Lab's models or Outputs to create, train or improve (direct or indirectly) a similar or competing product or service. You shall not: use User Input or User Output to develop any product, service, or technology that competes with Ideogram and Ideogram AI Model or Ideogram API. If you choose to use Stability model through Replicate for which you may download the code or weights and you then redistribute, download, rehost, or in any other manner create copies of the Stability AI Materials or Derivative Works, you agree that you are required to engage with Stability directly to obtain a license directly from Stability AI before such redistribution.Excerpt from Replicate's Acceptable Use Policy
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These provisions impose use-case specific restrictions that go beyond Replicate's own acceptable use policy, including prohibitions on competitive product development using model outputs, surveillance applications, and biometric processing. Non-compliance by authorized users constitutes a breach by the customer under the agreement and triggers indemnification obligations.
Under these clauses, customers using Flux, Ideogram, or Stability AI models through Replicate are subject to additional provider-specific restrictions that prohibit, among other things, using model outputs to build competing services, processing biometric data, conducting surveillance activities, and redistributing model weights without a direct license from Stability AI. These restrictions must be incorporated into customers' own downstream product terms where …
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