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Why AI research groups are so unaware of what is a free or open source license? This example speaks for itself… it’s Apache 2 licensed but they are opposed to the use of the model in industrial setup. Looks like an exception without telling its name…

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https://laion.ai/blog/relaion-5b/

LAION = Usage of Re-LAION datasetsWe release both Re-LAION-5B-research andRe-LAION-5B-research-safe under Apache 2.0License, which ensures researchers can freelyutilize datasets both for conducting basic orapplied research. Our usage recommendation stays the same as in our previous release. The datasets are released for research purposes, especially for conducting basic research on various open multi-modal foundation models,e.g. openCLIP, in academic settings. We stronglyadvise AGAINST using the datasets in industrial settingsand even more so, we advise strongly AGAINST using datasets in their original form for creating end products.We explicitly warn that Re-LAION datasets cancontain links to various image samples that canbe strongly discomforting dependent on the viewer and are NOT meant for casual viewing apart from inspection necessary for purposes of scientific and/or safety analysis performed by trained researchers.