The agreement authorizes users to deploy Stability AI models on their own infrastructure under the self-hosted license, subject to the conditions of the applicable license tier.
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This provision establishes the operational permission for self-hosted model deployment, which is operationally distinct from API-only access arrangements and carries different data governance, audit, and compliance obligations for the deploying organization.
Interpretive note: The specific conditions and restrictions on self-hosted deployment were not available in the truncated document text; this provision is inferred from the page title 'Self-Hosted License' and contextual metadata.
Provision was renamed from 'Self-Hosted Deployment Rights' to 'Self-Hosted Deployment Authorization', shifting terminology from granting rights to requiring authorization.
View full change record →Under this clause, qualifying users may run Stability AI models on their own servers or cloud infrastructure rather than accessing them exclusively through Stability AI's API. This authorization is conditioned on compliance with the applicable license tier terms.
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This provision establishes the operational permission for self-hosted model deployment, which is operationally distinct from API-only access arrangements and carries different data governance, audit, and compliance obligations for the deploying organization.
Under this clause, qualifying users may run Stability AI models on their own servers or cloud infrastructure rather than accessing them exclusively through Stability AI's API. This authorization is conditioned on compliance with the applicable license tier terms.
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