key: skunkworks-varuna-stt
short_name: SkunkWorks Modified MIT License
name: SkunkWorks Modified MIT License
category: Proprietary Free
owner: Skunk Work Labs
homepage_url: https://huggingface.co/SkunkWorkLabs/varuna-stt/blob/main/LICENSE
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-skunkworks-varuna-stt
text_urls:
  - https://huggingface.co/SkunkWorkLabs/varuna-stt/blob/main/LICENSE
other_urls:
  - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/agreements/enterprise-software/nvidia-open-model-license/
ignorable_copyrights:
  - Copyright (c) 2026 SkunkWorks Labs
ignorable_holders:
  - SkunkWorks Labs
text: |
  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.