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"Med42" means the foundational large language models and software and algorithms, including machine-learning model code, trained model weights, and other elements of the foregoing distributed by M42 at [URL].
"Med42 Materials" means, collectively, Med42 and Documentation (and any portion thereof) made available under this Agreement.
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1. License Rights and Redistribution.
a. Grant of Rights. You are granted a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable and royalty-free limited license under M42’s intellectual property or other rights owned by M42 embodied in the Med42 Materials to use, reproduce, distribute, copy, create derivative works of, and make modifications to the Med42 Materials. Med42 is based on Llama 2, and you may require a licence to use that work from the relevant licensors.
b. Redistribution and Use.
i. If you distribute or make the Med42 Materials, or any derivative works thereof, available to a third party, you shall provide a copy of this Agreement and the Llama 2 License to such third party.
ii. You must retain in all copies of the Med42 Materials that you distribute the following attribution notice within a “Notice” text file distributed as a part of such copies: “Med42 is licensed under the MED42 License, Copyright © M42 Limited. All Rights Reserved. Med42 is based on Llama 2, which is licensed under the Llama 2 Community License, Copyright © Meta Platforms, Inc. All Rights Reserved.”
iii. Your use of the Med42 Materials must comply with applicable laws and regulations (including trade compliance laws and regulations) and adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy for the Med42 Materials (available at https://github.com/m42health/med42), which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
iv. You will not use the Med42 Materials or any output or results of the Med42 Materials to improve any other large language model (excluding Med42 or derivative works thereof).
2. No Commercial Use. You may not use Med42 (whether directly or indirectly) for any Commercial Purpose. All licences granted to you under this Agreement shall terminate immediately upon the first instance of any use of Med42 for a Commercial Purpose by you or on your behalf. Use shall be considered to be for a ‘Commercial Purpose’ under this section where it is wholly, mainly or substantially directed toward providing commercial advantage, or direct or indirect compensation (in each case including, without limitation: direct financial reward; tradable security, shares, equity, coins, tokens or similar rights; barter for goods or services; accrued attention, followers, subscribers or similar popularity metrics; or information or awareness that provides a competitive advantage to a for-profit entity).
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6. Term and Termination. The term of this Agreement will commence upon your acceptance of this Agreement or access to the Med42 Materials and will continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions herein. M42 may terminate this Agreement if you are in breach of any term or condition of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, you shall delete and cease use of the Med42 Materials. Sections 3, 4 and 7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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M42 is committed to promoting safe and fair use of Med42. If you access or use Med42, you agree to this Acceptable Use Policy (“Policy”). The most recent copy of this policy can be found at https://github.com/m42health/med42. This policy is, in part, based on the Llama 2 acceptable use policy, with a series of modifications. The contribution of the Llama 2 policy to the framing of this document is acknowledged.
Prohibited Uses
We want everyone to use Med42 safely and responsibly. You agree you will not use, or allow others to use, Med42 to:
Violate the law or others' rights, including to:
a. Engage in, promote, generate, contribute to, encourage, plan, incite, or further illegal or unlawful activity or content, such as:
i. Violence or terrorism
ii. Exploitation or harm to children, including the solicitation, creation, acquisition, or dissemination of child exploitative content or failure to report Child Sexual Abuse Material
iii. Human trafficking, exploitation, and sexual violence
iv. The illegal distribution of information or materials to minors, including obscene materials, or failure to employ legally required age-gating in connection with such information or materials.
v. Sexual solicitation
vi. Any other criminal activity
b. Engage in, promote, incite, or facilitate the harassment, abuse, threatening, or bullying of individuals or groups of individuals
c. Engage in, promote, incite, or facilitate discrimination or other unlawful or harmful conduct in the provision of employment, employment benefits, credit, housing, other economic benefits, or other essential goods and services
d. Engage in the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of any profession including, but not limited to, financial, legal, medical/health, or related professional practices
e. Collect, process, disclose, generate, or infer health, demographic, or other sensitive personal or private information about individuals without rights and consents required by applicable laws
f. Engage in or facilitate any action or generate any content that infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any third-party rights, including the outputs or results of any products or services using the Med42 Materials
g. Create, generate, or facilitate the creation of malicious code, malware, computer viruses or do anything else that could disable, overburden, interfere with or impair the proper working, integrity, operation or appearance of a website or computer system
Engage in, promote, incite, facilitate, or assist in the planning or development of activities that present a risk of death or bodily harm to individuals, including use of Med42 related to the following:
a. Military, warfare, nuclear industries or applications, espionage, use for materials or activities that are subject to the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) maintained by the United States Department of State
b. Guns and illegal weapons (including weapon development)
c. Illegal drugs and regulated/controlled substances
d. Operation of critical infrastructure, transportation technologies, or heavy machinery
e. Self-harm or harm to others, including suicide, cutting, and eating disorders
f. Provision of healthcare or medical care, other than where that healthcare is provided in a properly regulated research context with the fully informed and freely given consent of the patient.
g. Any content intended to incite or promote violence, abuse, or any infliction of bodily harm to an individual
Intentionally deceive or mislead others, including use of Med42 related to the following:
a. Generating, promoting, or furthering fraud or the creation or promotion of disinformation
b. Generating, promoting, or furthering defamatory content, including the creation of defamatory statements, images, or other content
c. Generating, promoting, or further distributing spam
d. Impersonating another individual without consent, authorization, or legal right
e. Representing that the use of Med42 or outputs are human-generated
f. Generating or facilitating false online engagement, including fake reviews and other means of fake online engagement
Fail to appropriately disclose to end users any known dangers of your AI system
Please report any violation of this Policy, software "bug", or other problems that could lead to a violation of this Policy through one of the following means: