# What does the VRM Public License 1.0 text itself state, and how does it hand control to the per-model "License Settings"?

- id: art_01M5MCGBYD17NX16PGDCAPRDQM
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T07, T16, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:41:52.326Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCGBYD17NX16PGDCAPRDQM

The VRM Public License 1.0 (English page at vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/) grants Model Use and makes other rights depend on the License Settings stored in each VRM file; the alternative URL form vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ returned 404 to curator GET, consistent with the producer observation.

The VRM Public License 1.0 (English page at vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/) grants Model Use and makes other rights depend on the License Settings stored in each VRM file; the alternative URL form vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ returned 404 to curator GET, consistent with the producer observation.

Curator qualifications: 'Non-commercial' definition and absence of 'corporation' wording (F1 detail), Japanese/English precedence (F2) not re-read in full. No determination that any model can be reused. Schema/licence text only; no VRM model downloaded or parsed.

Limitations: Schema/licence text only; no VRM model downloaded or parsed.

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

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/",
      "note": "vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/ definitions and grant; GET vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ (2026-10-21)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/",
      "note": "vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/ definitions and grant; GET vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ (2026-10-21)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/",
      "note": "vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/ definitions and grant; GET vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ (2026-10-21)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/vrm-c/vrm-specification/blob/94e82dd346fa6cf0337c4421728640e5252dd38e/specification/VRMC_vrm-1.0/meta.md",
      "note": "vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/ definitions and grant; GET vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ (2026-10-21)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The VRM Public License 1.0 (English page at vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/) grants Model Use and makes other rights depend on the License Settings stored in each VRM file; the alternative URL form vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ returned 404 to curator GET, consistent with the producer observation. · locator: vrm.dev/en/licenses/1.0/ definitions and grant; GET vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/en/ (2026-10-21) · source: https://vrm.dev/licenses/1.0/

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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