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Pexels License
Photos and videos on Pexels are free to use and modify; attribution is not required. Not allowed: showing identifiable people in a bad light or offensively, selling unaltered copies (posters, prints, physical products), implying endorsement by people or brands shown, redistributing or selling on other stock or wallpaper platforms, or using them in a trademark or business name.
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SPDX LicenseRef-Pexels Version current Official text
Uses at a glance
| commercial use | Permitted |
|---|---|
| production deployment | Permitted |
| modification / derivatives | Permitted |
| redistribution | Needs human review |
| sublicensing | Needs human review |
| AI model training | Needs human review |
| inference-time use (RAG, prompts, generation) | Needs human review |
Why some uses need review
redistribution. Redistributing or selling on other stock-photo or wallpaper platforms, and selling unaltered copies, are not allowed; check that your redistribution is neither.
sublicensing. The license does not address sublicensing; confirm before passing rights on to others.
AI model training. The license does not address model training; review before training on Pexels media.
inference-time use (RAG, prompts, generation). The license does not address use as model input; review.
Duties
None.
Notes
- Attribution is not required (appreciated).
- Don't imply endorsement of your product by people or brands in the imagery, and don't show identifiable people in a bad light: check both before using a photo in ads.
- Not usable as part of a trademark, design mark, trade name, business name or service mark.
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-Pexels","intended_use":{"commercial_use":true,"deployment":true}}'Reading version 2026-10-09 by the Rightshold rights desk; reference hash 2e8df3b83ef871adc46c93f50d181fc0f46a26aec93267d0e30b2b2884f58ec5 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.