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Meta Llama 3 Community License Agreement
Use, reproduce, distribute, copy and modify the Llama 3 materials, including commercially, subject to the Acceptable Use Policy, a "Built with Meta Llama 3" display, a separate license above 700 million monthly active users, and a ban on using the materials or outputs to improve other large language models.
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SPDX LicenseRef-Llama-3-Community Version 3 Official text
Uses at a glance
| commercial use | Permitted |
|---|---|
| production deployment | Permitted |
| modification / derivatives | Permitted |
| redistribution | Permitted |
| sublicensing | Prohibited |
| AI model training | Needs human review |
| inference-time use (RAG, prompts, generation) | Permitted |
Why some uses need review
AI model training. You may fine-tune Llama 3 itself (a derivative must be named starting with "Llama 3"), but section 1.b.v forbids using the Llama materials or any output from them to improve any other large language model. A reviewer should confirm which side of that line your training falls on.
Duties
- give attribution / keep the notice
- license notice
- follow the acceptable-use policy
- model name prefix
- user threshold
Notes
- Redistribution requires a copy of the agreement and a prominent "Built with Meta Llama 3" display (section 1.b.i).
- Above 700 million monthly active users you need a separate license from Meta (section 2).
- Later versions (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) have their own agreements; check which one your model ships under.
Resources under this license
No resource in the registry is published under this license yet.
For agents
curl -s https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"license":"LicenseRef-Llama-3-Community","intended_use":{"commercial_use":true,"deployment":true}}'Reading version 2026-10-09 by the Rightshold rights desk; reference hash 72000e512689afac5733b609a93a9f502e8ed60e725466dadebfe25f734bafee identifies this license version: it is computed over the SPDX id, the version and the official URL, not over the license text. The license text governs; this is not legal advice.