{
  "question": "Can I use CreativeML OpenRAIL-M commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-creativeml-openrail-m-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-creativeml-openrail-m-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial use: Yes. Commercial use, modified and redistributed: Yes.",
  "framing": "CreativeML Open RAIL-M License (LicenseRef-CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M): Use, reproduce, modify and distribute the model and its derivatives, including commercially, under use-based restrictions (Attachment A) that must be passed on in every distribution and derivative.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial use",
      "license": "LicenseRef-CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M",
      "license_name": "CreativeML Open RAIL-M License",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by CreativeML OpenRAIL-M, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "license_notice",
        "state_changes",
        "use_restrictions",
        "pass_on_restrictions"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://huggingface.co/spaces/CompVis/stable-diffusion-license"
    },
    {
      "label": "Commercial use, modified and redistributed",
      "license": "LicenseRef-CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M",
      "license_name": "CreativeML Open RAIL-M License",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "modification": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by CreativeML OpenRAIL-M, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "license_notice",
        "state_changes",
        "use_restrictions",
        "pass_on_restrictions"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://huggingface.co/spaces/CompVis/stable-diffusion-license"
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "You may license your modifications under other terms only if the use-based restrictions still apply to them (section 4).",
    "The licensor claims no rights in outputs you generate, and you are accountable for them (section 6)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "CreativeML Open RAIL-M License: official text",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/spaces/CompVis/stable-diffusion-license"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "LicenseRef-CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-19"
}