| # Indic Open License Deed |
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| *A plain-language guide to the Indic Open Model License covering Bodhan AI's speech, OCR, translation, and transliteration models.* |
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| Broad, no-cost access for research, government, nonprofit, and commercial use — with a few conditions attached. |
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| > **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 |
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| No cost, no royalty, worldwide — for research, government, nonprofit, and commercial use, at any scale. |
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| - ✅ **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 |
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| Five conditions cover almost everything. The rest of the license is these, spelled out in legal detail. |
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| ### 1. Give credit |
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| Wherever you ship the model or a derivative to anyone else, say where it came from — and don't strip out existing notices. |
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| "Built with [Model Name] from Bodhan AI / AI4Bharat." |
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| ### 2. Pass it on the same way |
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| 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. |
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| ### 3. Ask before hosting it for others |
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| 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. |
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| ### 4. Don't use it to cause harm |
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| No exceptions — not even for nonprofit or research use. That means no: |
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| - 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 |
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| ### 5. Talk to us if your product gets huge |
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| 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. |
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| | Threshold | | |
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| | **500M+** | monthly active users | |
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| | **$250M+** | annual revenue | |
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| ## Good to know |
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| - **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) |
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