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1LLAMA 2 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT
2Llama 2 Version Release Date: July 18, 2023
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4"Agreement" means the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, distribution and
5modification of the Llama Materials set forth herein.
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7"Documentation" means the specifications, manuals and documentation
8accompanying Llama 2 distributed by Meta at ai.meta.com/resources/models-and-
9libraries/llama-downloads/.
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11"Licensee" or "you" means you, or your employer or any other person or entity (if
12you are entering into this Agreement on such person or entity's behalf), of the age
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14has legal authority to bind your employer or such other person or entity if you are
15entering in this Agreement on their behalf.
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17"Llama 2" means the foundational large language models and software and
18algorithms, including machine-learning model code, trained model weights,
19inference-enabling code, training-enabling code, fine-tuning enabling code and other
20elements of the foregoing distributed by Meta at ai.meta.com/resources/models-and-
21libraries/llama-downloads/.
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331. License Rights and Redistribution.
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652. Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Llama 2 version release date, the
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1136. Term and Termination. The term of this Agreement will commence upon your
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