SkunkWorks Modified MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 SkunkWorks Labs

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software, model weights, and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

1. ATTRIBUTION
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
   all copies or substantial portions of the Software. Any product, paper, or
   public-facing distribution that uses Varuna STT must visibly credit
   "Varuna STT by SkunkWorks Labs" with a link to the source repository.

2. UPSTREAM ATTRIBUTION
   Varuna STT is fine-tuned from NVIDIA NeMo's
   `nemotron-speech-streaming-en-0.6b` base model. Use of this Software is
   subject to the upstream NeMo / NVIDIA model license, which the user is
   responsible for reviewing and complying with separately.

3. NO WARRANTY
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
   FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
   IN THE SOFTWARE.