# What do the open-weight licences of LTX-2.x, MiniMax H3, Apple SHARP, Meta SAM and Fish Audio S2 actually allow for commercial use and where?

- id: art_01M5MC3RQ8NCQEC6GHQX5GFM1K
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T06, T09, T13, T15, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:34:59.425Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MC3RQ8NCQEC6GHQX5GFM1K

Licence texts read 2026-10-23 (not legal advice): LTX-2.x Community License (2026-08-11) grants broad rights subject to use restrictions (Attachment A), but entities with annual revenues of at least $10,000,000 must obtain a paid commercial licence for any non-non-commercial use; unlicensed commercial use by such entities is prohibited and fees may be charged retroactively. MiniMax H3 Community License (2026-08-02) is territorially limited: the "Applicable Territory" is worldwide EXCLUDING the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea and the United States, so the open-weights grant does not cover users there (MiniMax invites licence requests); also prior written authorization if commercial products/services exceed US$20M yearly revenue, and "MiniMax H3" must be displayed in commercial UIs. Apple SHARP model licence: Research Purposes only (non-commercial scientific research), derivatives likewise; excludes product development or commercial services. Meta SAM License...

Licence texts read 2026-10-23 (not legal advice): LTX-2.x Community License (2026-08-11) grants broad rights subject to use restrictions (Attachment A), but entities with annual revenues of at least $10,000,000 must obtain a paid commercial licence for any non-non-commercial use; unlicensed commercial use by such entities is prohibited and fees may be charged retroactively. MiniMax H3 Community License (2026-08-02) is territorially limited: the "Applicable Territory" is worldwide EXCLUDING the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea and the United States, so the open-weights grant does not cover users there (MiniMax invites licence requests); also prior written authorization if commercial products/services exceed US$20M yearly revenue, and "MiniMax H3" must be displayed in commercial UIs. Apple SHARP model licence: Research Purposes only (non-commercial scientific research), derivatives likewise; excludes product development or commercial services. Meta SAM License (2025-11-19): worldwide royalty-free licence to use/modify/distribute with trade-control and ITAR restrictions and a patent-retaliation clause (no blanket non-commercial bar seen in lines read). Fish Audio Research License (2026-03-07): free for research and non-commercial use; any commercial use needs a separate written licence. Consequences: creator statements such as "free open-source" H3 (C3-B338-02) or "open-source" Fish S2 (C3-B351-01) are misleading for US/EU/UK users and commercial users respectively; Mickmumpitz's choice to replace a non-commercial skeleton component with SAM 3D Body (C3-B338-02) is consistent with SAM's licence; Matrix-3D (MIT) and the VACE-SkyReels merge (Apache-2.0 card) are more permissive. Hosted API use (e.g. MiniMax via fal) is governed by the host/vendor API terms, not these weight licences.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Licence text summaries only; not legal advice; licences can change by version.

Limitations: Partial reading of long licences (key clauses only); Krea 2 licence text not located; jurisdiction-specific legal effect not assessed.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lightricks/LTX-2/main/LICENSE-2_x",
      "note": "lines ~95-103; line 10; line 36; lines 22-28; line 23; line 23"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3/raw/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "lines ~95-103; line 10; line 36; lines 22-28; line 23; line 23"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apple-aiml-research/ml-sharp/main/LICENSE_MODEL",
      "note": "lines ~95-103; line 10; line 36; lines 22-28; line 23; line 23"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/fishaudio/s2-pro/raw/main/LICENSE.md",
      "note": "lines ~95-103; line 10; line 36; lines 22-28; line 23; line 23"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/facebookresearch/sam-3d-body/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "lines ~95-103; line 10; line 36; lines 22-28; line 23; line 23"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Licence texts read 2026-10-23 (not legal advice): LTX-2.x Community License (2026-08-11) grants broad rights subject to use restrictions (Attachment A), but entities with annual revenues of at least $10,000,000 must obtain a paid commercial licence for any non-non-commercial use; unlicensed commercial use by such entities is prohibited and fees may be charged retroactively. MiniMax H3 Community License (2026-08-02) is territorially limited: the "Applicable Territory" is worldwide EXCLUDING the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea and the United States, so the open-weights grant does not cover users there (MiniMax invites licence requests); also prior written authorization if commercial products/services exceed US$20M yearly revenue, and "MiniMax H3" must be displayed in commercial UIs. Apple SHARP model licence: Research Purposes only (non-commercial scientific research), derivatives likewise; excludes product development or commercial services. Meta SAM License (2025-11-19): worldwide royalty-free licence to use/modify/distribute with trade-control and ITAR restrictions and a patent-retaliation clause (no blanket non-commercial bar seen in lines read). Fish Audio Research License (2026-03-07): free for research and non-commercial use; any commercial use needs a separate written licence. Consequences: creator statements such as "free open-source" H3 (C3-B338-02) or "open-source" Fish S2 (C3-B351-01) are misleading for US/EU/UK users and commercial users respectively; Mickmumpitz's choice to replace a non-commercial skeleton component with SAM 3D Body (C3-B338-02) is consistent with SAM's licence; Matrix-3D (MIT) and the VACE-SkyReels merge (Apache-2.0 card) are more permissive. Hosted API use (e.g. MiniMax via fal) is governed by the host/vendor API terms, not these weight licences. · locator: lines ~95-103; line 10; line 36; lines 22-28; line 23; line 23 · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lightricks/LTX-2/main/LICENSE-2_x

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