OpenRoots

ORL-2.2

An AI model provider discovering you are in breach, under ORL 2.2

Trains, fine-tunes, or serves machine learning models commercially. You realise an obligation was missed, and it may have been missed for some time. This resolves to the Canopy tier.

Tier

Canopy

Owed

A quarterly Canopy Report. Section 5.1 imposes a royalty only when the Canopy Licensee makes Production Use.

Sections in play

1.8, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2

Who and what

The situation being resolved.

Actor

An AI model provider

Trains, fine-tunes, or serves machine learning models commercially.

over 2M USD

Situation

Discovering you are in breach

You realise an obligation was missed, and it may have been missed for some time.

Rulings

3 questions resolved against the text.

clear

Which tier applies?

Canopy. Trains, fine-tunes, or serves machine learning models commercially. Section 5.2 reporting applies; the Section 5.1 royalty attaches when the Licensee makes Production Use and only to attributable revenue.

Sections 1.8, 3.1, 5.1

clear

Is anything owed?

A quarterly Canopy Report. Section 5.1 imposes a royalty only when the Canopy Licensee makes Production Use.

Sections 5.1, 5.2

clear

What happens on breach?

Thirty days to cure from written notice, under Section 10.1. Reinstatement is available on curing and paying what would have been owed, with interest, unless you have already had rights terminated for the same Work within twenty-four months. Downstream recipients who remain compliant are unaffected by Section 10.3.

Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

Same actor

Other situations for this party.