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Which licence questions should a lab resolve before using a generated release?

Licence discussions should distinguish training, internal evaluation, external benchmarking and redistribution, including how generated material may appear in derived artefacts and public reports.

**Does access to a sample establish rights for every downstream use?**

The buyer should confirm the applicable licence rather than infer broader permissions from access. Sample inspection, model training, internal evaluation and redistribution are different uses to discuss.

**What should a lab describe when requesting terms?**

Explain whether the material will enter training runs, remain in a held-out evaluation set, support contractor work or appear in an externally accessible benchmark. Include intended use of transformed records, task derivatives and excerpts in research reports.

**What about public MCP access or downloadable exports?**

Confirm which content and usage rights apply to each delivery route. Public discoverability alone should not be treated as permission to redistribute an entire pack or publish restricted evaluation answers.

**What should remain separate from the licence discussion?**

Technical fitness and disclosure review still need inspection. Permission to use generated material does not establish that it fits a particular evaluation or resolves grounding and disclosure concerns.

A useful first step is a written usage map covering who will access the material, what they will do with it and which outputs they intend to share.

Match requested usage rights to the lab’s actual development and publication workflow.

Audience:
Model labs
Content type:
FAQ
Buyer question:
Scope and getting started

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