The Gemma License is a home-grown “open-source” license, meaning Google created its own, entirely new license specifically for Gemma, rather than choosing from a pre-existing open-source license, like the MIT License, for example. This is not an unusual move when a company creates a new open-source project; this is a similar approach used by Meta […]
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Gen AI Open-Source? Who cares about open-source software licensing in the AI space? Lots of people. Any company building AI-related products or product features should care because when doing so they have 2 options: (1) pay someone so you can build your stuff on top of their proprietary AI model or (2) use a free-and-open-source
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What is Double Opt-In? Double Opt-In is a process whereby the provider of some service requires a would-be new user of that service to take an additional step to verify their agreement to sign up for that service. That’s a mouthful, I know – in simpler terms: Double Opt-In is when you have to receive
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What is Fair Use? Fair use is the right to use copyrighted works for news reporting, criticism, teaching, research, or commentary purposes. “Criticism” and “commentary” are the least precise, most ambiguous of these purposes, and, as such, the source of the most controversy. According to Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act, whether a given
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What is a royalty, for starters? A royalty is a payment made to a copyright holder (for example, a musician) by someone else (for example, a record label) to gain the right to use, sell, or distribute their copyrighted work (for example, a song) for some period of time. Why are royalty rights important to
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Should Influencers have Influencer Contracts with Sponsors? Influencer Contracts are an absolute must-have for any Influencer looking to take on a Sponsor because Influencer Contracts provide protection in both the financial realm as well as the legal realm. There are lots of stories and examples in the Influencer industry that illustrate why Influencer Contracts are
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