| Palmer Community Licence 1.0 |
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| Copyright (c) 2026 appvoid |
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| This licence applies to the Palmer model, including its weights, code, configuration files, tokenizer files, documentation, demos, and related materials, unless another licence is clearly provided. |
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| 1. Definitions |
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| “Palmer” means the model and related materials covered by this licence. |
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| “Individual User” means a natural person using Palmer on their own behalf, not on behalf of a company, organisation, employer, client company, institution, agency, startup, or legal entity. |
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| “Company or Organisation” means any corporation, startup, partnership, agency, business, nonprofit, government body, school, institution, or other legal entity. |
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| “Commercial Use” means use intended to generate revenue, reduce business costs, support a paid product or service, serve customers, support internal operations, or provide business value. |
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| “Output” means text, images, data, code, or other material generated by Palmer. |
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| 2. Free Individual Use |
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| Individual Users may use Palmer for personal, educational, research, creative, freelance, and commercial purposes. |
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| Individual Users may earn unlimited revenue from their use of Palmer and from Outputs generated with Palmer, provided that the use is not performed on behalf of a Company or Organisation. |
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| Examples of permitted Individual Use include: |
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| - using Palmer for personal projects; |
| - using Palmer to create content, apps, tools, books, videos, or services under the individual’s own name; |
| - using Palmer for freelance work, as long as the client is informed that Palmer is being used and the model itself is not transferred, hosted, embedded, resold, or provided as a service to the client without a commercial licence. |
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| 3. Paid Company and Organisation Use |
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| Companies and Organisations must obtain a paid commercial licence before using Palmer for any Commercial Use. |
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| This includes, but is not limited to: |
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| - using Palmer inside a product, app, API, SaaS, website, extension, plugin, or internal tool; |
| - using Palmer to serve customers or users; |
| - using Palmer to generate business content, automate business work, or reduce labour costs; |
| - fine-tuning, modifying, hosting, or deploying Palmer for company purposes; |
| - using Palmer by employees, contractors, founders, or agents on behalf of a Company or Organisation. |
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| A Company or Organisation may not avoid this requirement by having an employee, contractor, founder, or individual account use Palmer on its behalf. |
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| 4. Attribution and Disclosure |
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| Any public-facing product, service, application, website, API, or content workflow that uses Palmer must clearly disclose that Palmer is being used. |
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| Acceptable disclosure examples include: |
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| “Powered by Palmer.” |
| “Generated with Palmer.” |
| “This product uses the Palmer model.” |
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| The disclosure must be reasonably visible to end users. |
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| 5. Outputs |
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| Subject to applicable law and this licence, Outputs generated by Palmer may be used, modified, published, sold, or distributed by the user. |
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| The user is responsible for reviewing Outputs and ensuring that their use complies with applicable laws, rights, and obligations. |
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| This licence does not grant ownership of Palmer itself, its weights, architecture, code, name, trademarks, or related materials. |
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| 6. Redistribution |
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| Individual Users may share unmodified copies of Palmer for non-company use, provided that this licence remains included. |
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| Users may not sell, sublicense, rent, lease, host, provide API access to, or commercially redistribute Palmer without a separate commercial licence. |
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| 7. Modifications and Fine-Tuning |
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| Individual Users may modify or fine-tune Palmer for their own permitted use. |
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| Modified or fine-tuned versions remain subject to this licence. |
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| Companies and Organisations must obtain a paid commercial licence before modifying, fine-tuning, hosting, deploying, or using Palmer or derivative versions for Commercial Use. |
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| 8. No Misrepresentation |
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| Users may not: |
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| - remove Palmer attribution requirements; |
| - falsely claim they created Palmer; |
| - rename Palmer in a way that hides its origin; |
| - represent Palmer as another model; |
| - use the Palmer name, logo, or brand in a way that suggests endorsement without permission. |
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| 9. Prohibited Uses |
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| Users may not use Palmer for unlawful activity, malware, fraud, impersonation, harassment, or other harmful uses that violate applicable law. |
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| 10. Commercial Licence |
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| Commercial licences are available from the Palmer owner. |
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| A separate written commercial agreement may override this licence for the licensed Company or Organisation only. |
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| 11. Termination |
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| If a user violates this licence, their rights under this licence terminate automatically. |
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| Rights may be restored only with written permission from the Palmer owner. |
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| 12. No Warranty |
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| Palmer is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. |
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| The owner is not liable for damages, losses, claims, or consequences arising from the use of Palmer or its Outputs. |
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| 13. Governing Terms |
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| This licence is the entire permission granted for Palmer unless a separate written agreement is signed by the Palmer owner. |
