Organizations that deploy Stability AI models in their own products are required to pass through acceptable use obligations to their own users, meaning end users of third-party applications built on these models are also bound by Stability AI's use restrictions.
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This provision creates a compliance obligation for deployers to implement and enforce acceptable use terms with their own customers, extending Stability AI's policy framework through the distribution chain.
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Removal of this standalone provision suggests these restrictions may have been redistributed among other provisions or refined into more specific limitation categories.
View full change record →End users of applications built on Stability AI models are indirectly subject to Stability AI's acceptable use policy through the deployer's own terms of service; deployers who fail to implement these downstream obligations risk license breach.
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1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Downstream use restriction obligations are relevant to contract law and may interact with consumer protection frameworks if end user terms of service do not adequately disclose the underlying model's restrictions.
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This provision creates a compliance obligation for deployers to implement and enforce acceptable use terms with their own customers, extending Stability AI's policy framework through the distribution chain.
End users of applications built on Stability AI models are indirectly subject to Stability AI's acceptable use policy through the deployer's own terms of service; deployers who fail to implement these downstream obligations risk license breach.
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