What licence terms and limits should we ask about for approval data?
Questions to raise on permitted use, derived models, redistribution, retention and versioning, plus the limits that follow from the output being generated rather than real records.
**What licence terms should we expect?** Terms are agreed per engagement, so this page does not set them. Raise the questions below at the start.
**What should we ask about?** - Whether use covers training, evaluation or both. - Whether models trained on the material are covered. - Whether you may redistribute or publish results and samples. - How long you may retain the material. - How releases are versioned and how corrections are issued.
**Can we receive real approval records from real businesses?** No. The commercial product is generated, synthetic material. It is informed by direct observation of how businesses operate, but it is not real business records.
**Does the licence cover privacy or regulatory compliance?** Do not assume so. Generated data does not guarantee anonymity, privacy compliance or regulatory approval. If your use is subject to such requirements, do your own assessment and ask what documentation of the generation process can be supplied.
**Are there limits on what can be generated?** Scope fixes the domain, the authority dimensions, the formats and the number of policy variants. Requests outside that, such as reproducing a particular organisation's internal rulebook, would need separate discussion.
**Who decides if the sample is good enough?** You do. Define your acceptance checks before the sample arrives, and treat the pilot as the point to decide whether to continue.
Raising use, retention and versioning questions at the start avoids surprises, and the stated limits keep expectations about privacy and compliance accurate.
- Audience:
- Model labs
- Content type:
- FAQ
- Buyer question:
- Scope and getting started
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