key: meralion-pl-2025
short_name: MERaLiON Public Licence 2025
name: MERaLiON Public Licence 2025
category: Permissive
owner: A-STAR
homepage_url: https://huggingface.co/MERaLiON/MERaLiON-SER-v1
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-meralion-pl-2025
text_urls:
  - https://huggingface.co/MERaLiON/MERaLiON-SER-v1/resolve/main/MERaLiON-Public-Licence-SER-V1.pdf
ignorable_authors:
  - the Institute for Infocomm Research ("I2R"), a national research institute of the Agency
    for Science Technology And Research
ignorable_urls:
  - https://opensource.org/license/mit
text: |
  MERaLiON Public Licence

  MERaLiON is developed by the Institute for Infocomm Research (“I²R”), a national research
  institute of the Agency for Science Technology And Research (“A*STAR”), funded by the
  National Research Foundation, Singapore under its National Large Language Models Funding
  Initiative.

  MERaLiON (the “Software”) is available for use on the terms set out below. Your use of the
  Software is conditional on your agreement to these terms. Please do not proceed if you do
  not agree to these terms.

  MERaLiON-SER-v1
  The MIT License
  https://opensource.org/license/mit

  Terms of Use
  You agree that if you share or otherwise distribute the Software (including in an adapted or
  modified form (“Derivative Work”)), you must:
  (a) Retain the identity of the creators.
  (b) Retain a copyright notice,
  (c) Include a disclaimer of warranties,
  (d) Indicate if you have modified the Software and retain an indication of the modifications,
  and
  (e) Indicate that this Software is licensed under these public license terms and include the
  text of or a link to these license terms.

  If you share or otherwise distribute Derivative Works, you agree that:
  (a) you shall not use or combine the Software with third-party resources with incompatible
  terms,
  (b) you are responsible for ensuring that you have all necessary rights and permissions to
  use the third-party resources,
  (c) you shall indemnify and hold harmless the creators for any and all liability, loss,
  damage, costs and expense arising from any claims in relation to your use of the
  Software and third-party resources in or in generating the Derivative Works, and
  (d) the license you apply to the Derivative Works must not prevent recipients of the
  Derivative Works from complying with these terms.

  Specific Disclaimer

  The Software has not been specifically aligned for safety and may generate content that is
  inappropriate, offensive, or harmful. Developers and users are responsible for performing their
  own safety fine-tuning and implementing necessary security measures. The creators shall not
  be held liable for any claims, damages, or other liabilities arising from the use of the Software,
  weights, or code.

  Out-of-Scope Use

  The Software is not intended for use in math and coding tasks.