Parallia Model Subscription License

Parallia Model Subscription License

SPDX-License-Identifier: Parallia-Model-Subscription-License
Version Release Date: 2025-12-08

0. Definitions

“Agreement” means the terms and conditions set forth herein.

“Parallia” or “Licensor” means the Parallia company, registered by François REMY in Belgium under reference BE1016322448.

“Licensee” or “you” means the individual or entity exercising rights under this Agreement.

“Parallia Materials” means any AI model, weight set, file, code, dataset, or other artifact published by Parallia under the Hugging Face namespace HuggingFace.co/Parallia, without limitation by release date.

“Subscription License” means the paid, time-limited license product sold through the Parallia Licensing Store, the ongoing acquisition of which is required for this Agreement to apply or remain effective.

“Managed or Hosted Services” means any service, cloud offering, API, platform, or hosted system that enables a third party to interact with, query, execute, or otherwise access any substantial set of the features or functionality of the Parallia Materials or any derivative thereof, without necessitating a user interface. Examples of substantial features include direct inference, generation, embedding creation, training or finetuning, or any non-trivial execution of model functionality.

“Derivative Materials” refers to any AI model, weight set, file, code, dataset, or other artifact that is based upon, derives from, or incorporates the Parallia Materials. This includes but is not limited to:

  • modifications of the Parallia Materials;
  • finetuned versions of the Parallia Materials;
  • any model, system, or software whose training, finetuning, or parameter adjustment makes material use of outputs generated by the Parallia Materials.

Section 1 applies only if you maintain an active Subscription License.

 

1. License Grant

Subject to the ongoing maintenance of a valid Subscription License and the limitations and conditions of this Agreement, Parallia grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to:

  • Copy the Parallia Materials for internal use;
  • Use and deploy the Parallia Materials in commercial applications you control;
  • Build, use, and deploy Derivative Materials based on the Parallia Materials.

This license remains valid only while you have sucessfully acquired a new Subscription License within the past 31 days.

2. Restrictions

2.1 Customer Licences for Managed or Hosted Services

If you provide any Managed or Hosted Services that enable a third party to access any substantial set of the features or functionality of the Parallia Materials or Derivative Materials, you must ensure that each such third-party customer possesses a valid Parallia License (including, where applicable, a current Subscription License).

You may not provide such Managed or Hosted Services to any third party lacking a valid license. Licensee must make reasonable efforts to verify that downstream users hold a valid license.

2.2 CC-BY-NC Redistribution of Derivative Materials

You may redistribute Derivative Materials only if all of the following conditions are met:

  1. Redistribution is under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 license (or a later version designated by Parallia);

  2. The redistributed materials include a clear and prominent notice:
    “Contains derivative materials redistributed under the Parallia Model Subscription License. As a customer, you are not allowed to use these derivative materials for commercial purposes outside their intended deployment. See: https://licensing.parallia.eu/blogs/licenses/parallia-model-subscription-license.”

  3. You do not remove or obscure any Parallia copyright, license, or attribution notices.

The CC-BY-NC condition above applies only to redistribution of model weights, datasets, or derivative artifacts. It does not restrict commercial deployment permitted under Section 1. However, you must take reasonable measures to ensure customers will encounter the above notice if they attempt to access the Derivative Materials independently of your application.

2.3 Attribution and Notice Requirements

Any person receiving a permitted copy under Section 2.2 must also receive a complete copy of this Agreement.

If you modify the Parallia Materials, you must include clear and prominent notices stating that modifications were made.

No trademark rights are granted under this Agreement.

3. Disclaimer of Warranty

The Parallia Materials are provided “AS IS,” without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose, or accuracy or reliability of outputs.

4. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Parallia shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Parallia Materials.

5. Intellectual Property and Patents

Parallia retains all rights in the Parallia Materials except as expressly granted herein.

If you bring any legal claim alleging that the Parallia Materials or their outputs infringe your intellectual property rights, all licenses granted to you under this Agreement terminate immediately.

6. Term and Termination

This Agreement begins upon your acceptance and continues unless terminated.

Your license automatically terminates if:

  • you violate any term of this Agreement; or
  • you have not acquired a new Subscription License within the past 31 days.

Upon termination, you must delete all copies of the Parallia Materials and Derivative Materials no earlier than 31 days after the termination date, unless the Agreement is reinstated by obtaining a new Subscription License within that period.

Sections 3, 4, 5, and 7 survive termination.

7. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement is governed by the laws of Belgium.

All disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Judicial Court of Ghent, Belgium.

8. Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Parallia concerning the Parallia Materials and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings.