OpenRoots

ORL-2.2

An AI model provider listing it in a marketplace, under ORL 2.2

Trains, fine-tunes, or serves machine learning models commercially. Listing the Work by name on a multi-provider platform where the customer controls its lifecycle. This resolves to the Canopy tier.

Tier

Canopy

Owed

0.5% of revenue attributable to products or services that depend on the Work, capped at $250,000 per year, plus a quarterly Canopy Report.

Sections in play

1.8, 1.9, 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

Listing it in a marketplace

Listing the Work by name on a multi-provider platform where the customer controls its lifecycle.

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?

0.5% of revenue attributable to products or services that depend on the Work, capped at $250,000 per year, plus a quarterly Canopy Report.

Sections 5.1, 5.2

clear

Does this count as Production Use?

Yes. Listing the Work by name on a multi-provider platform where the customer controls its lifecycle. Section 1.9 covers internal operation at operating scope and systems made available externally to customers or the public. Development, testing, evaluation, research, and personal non-revenue use remain outside it.

Sections 1.9

Same actor

Other situations for this party.