{
  "question": "Can I use Llama 3 commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-llama-3-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-llama-3-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial use and deployment: Yes. Same for Llama 3.1: Yes.",
  "framing": "Meta's Llama 3 models ship under the Llama 3 Community License (3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 have their own versions of it).",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial use and deployment",
      "license": "LicenseRef-Llama-3-Community",
      "license_name": "Meta Llama 3 Community License Agreement",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "deployment": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by Llama 3 Community, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "acceptable_use_policy",
        "model_name_prefix",
        "user_threshold"
      ],
      "curation": "curated_provisional",
      "official_text": "https://www.llama.com/llama3/license/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Same for Llama 3.1",
      "license": "LicenseRef-Llama-3.1-Community",
      "license_name": "Llama 3.1 Community License Agreement",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "deployment": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by Llama 3.1 Community, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "acceptable_use_policy",
        "model_name_prefix",
        "user_threshold"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://www.llama.com/llama3_1/license/"
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "Products or services above 700 million monthly active users need a separate license from Meta.",
    "The Acceptable Use Policy and the attribution display requirement apply to every use."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Llama 3 license",
      "url": "https://www.llama.com/llama3/license/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Llama 3.1 license",
      "url": "https://www.llama.com/llama3_1/license/"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "LicenseRef-Llama-3-Community",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true,
          "deployment": 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"
}