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Can I use BUSL 1.1 as input to an AI model (inference)? Needs human review

Q: Can I use BUSL 1.1 (BUSL-1.1) as input to an AI model (inference)?

Needs human review. Running the software in production depends on the licensor's Additional Use Grant.

Needs human review. Running the software in production depends on the licensor's Additional Use Grant.

What duties apply when using BUSL 1.1?

license_notice, keep_change_terms.

How can an AI agent check BUSL 1.1 automatically?

Call the free check_license MCP tool or POST https://www.a2ally.com/v1/licenses/check with license "BUSL-1.1" and intended_use {"model_inference": true}.

Check it by API (free, no key)

curl -s https://www.a2ally.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"license":"BUSL-1.1","intended_use":{"model_inference":true}}'

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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"license":"MIT","intended_use":{"commercial_use":true}}'

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