Please clarify the license of the models in this repo

[RunDevelopment]

Hi @Venomalia!

I would like to know the licenses of the models in this repo. This repo has a quite restrictive (and somewhat unclear) license, but 3 of your model are also listed on other sites with different licenses:

• 4x_HDCube and 4x_HDCube3 are licensed under CC0-1.0 and CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 respectively on upscale.wiki Model Database.
• 2xHDCube Compact is licensed as "CC BY" (which I assume is CC-BY-4.0) on its Kofi page.

Is this correct? And if so, could you please make it clearer which licenses apply to which models?

[Venomalia]

This repo has a quite restrictive (and somewhat unclear)

I had changed the license to give the user more freedom and make it clear that the textures created are the property of the user. Only the sharing of the model or parts of the model will be restricted under certain conditions.

on the upscale.wiki Model Database the old licenses are still displayed.

You can also use the old licenses if and where you prefer. 4x_HDCube => CC0-1.0 4x_HDCube => CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 4x_HDCube => CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 2xHDCube Compact => CC BY 4.0

[RunDevelopment]

Thank you for the quick response!

Those licenses are indeed preferable to me :) IMO, commonly-used licenses are generally easier to work with, because there is just a lot more known about them. I am not a lawyer, but I can look up an online chart that tells me what I can and can't do when something that is licensed under X.

Only the sharing of the model or parts of the model will be restricted under certain conditions. (Highlighting by me)

Uhhmmm, but the license says this:

You may not rent, sell or redistribute the generative model or any portion thereof without permission.

This seems like a pretty clear "no sharing, periode" to me.

Asking for permission (= seeking another license/contract from you) is always an option, even if not explicitly stated. As the sole copyright owner, you can give out licenses/contract to whoever you want whenever you want, after all.

[Venomalia]

The problem with the CC BY licenses is that they are not a software or model and are therefore very inaccurate.

This seems like a pretty clear "no sharing, periode" to me.

Yes, you're right, but that only applies to the model, with the upscaled images (output) you can do what you want. The author of the generative model does not claim any copyright on the upscaled images (output). This was previously unclear with the CC licenses.

[RunDevelopment]

very inaccurate

Really? It's true that the CCs were originally intended for media (music, video, images), but they are also used for other things. Aside from model outputs, the wording of the CCs applies very well to models, I think.

But it's true that the CCs don't consider outputs produced by the licensed work (model).

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Anyway, you already answered my original question, so I'll close this issue now. :)