# Indic Open License Deed

*A plain-language guide to the Indic Open Model License covering Bodhan AI's speech, OCR, translation, and transliteration models.*

Broad, no-cost access for research, government, nonprofit, and commercial use — with a few conditions attached.

> **This deed is a human-readable summary of the license, not a substitute for it.** Where the two disagree, the full **Indic Open Model License** governs.

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## You're free to

No cost, no royalty, worldwide — for research, government, nonprofit, and commercial use, at any scale.

- ✅ **Run it** — for inference, in a product, in research, however you like.
- ✅ **Change it** — fine-tune, distill, quantize, merge, or otherwise build on it.
- ✅ **Self-host it** — power your own product or service with it, commercial or not.
- ✅ **Share it** — pass on copies of the model or your own version of it.

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## As long as you

Five conditions cover almost everything. The rest of the license is these, spelled out in legal detail.

### 1. Give credit

Wherever you ship the model or a derivative to anyone else, say where it came from — and don't strip out existing notices.

```
"Built with [Model Name] from Bodhan AI / AI4Bharat."
```

### 2. Pass it on the same way

If you give your fine-tuned or derived version to anyone else — hand it over, or run it as a service for them — it carries this exact license. You can't relicense it on different terms.

### 3. Ask before hosting it for others

Self-hosting is free. But if you're going to run it as an API or hosted service that *other people or companies* call directly, that needs Bodhan AI's written sign-off first — unless you're a nonprofit, government, or academic user, or you publicly release an equally capable open version within 90 days.

### 4. Don't use it to cause harm

No exceptions — not even for nonprofit or research use. That means no:

- child sexual abuse material, or content that sexualizes minors
- weapons development, including chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear
- mass surveillance or social-scoring systems
- disinformation campaigns, including election manipulation
- automated decisions that affect someone's legal rights without human oversight
- deepfakes or voice clones of real people without their consent
- robocalls, auto-dialers, or voice-phishing scams
- AI companion products designed to simulate romance or foster emotional dependency

### 5. Talk to us if your product gets huge

If your own product built on this — not through hosting it for others, that's covered above — crosses either threshold, you'll need a separate commercial license. Doesn't apply to nonprofit, government, or academic users.

| Threshold | |
|---|---|
| **500M+** | monthly active users |
| | *or* |
| **$250M+** | annual revenue |

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## Good to know

- **No warranty.** The model is provided as-is. It isn't tested or certified for safety-critical use — medical, aviation, nuclear, or similar — so test thoroughly before relying on it in high-stakes settings.
- **You handle your own compliance.** Export controls, sanctions, and data-protection law (including India's DPDP Act, where it applies) are on you, not Bodhan AI.
- **This deed doesn't replace the license.** It leaves out most of the legal detail — termination, dispute resolution, confidentiality, and more all live in the full text. Read that before you rely on anything here.

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Indic Open Model License — Bodhan AI / AI4Bharat, IIT Madras · Full license at [bodhan.ai](http://bodhan.ai)