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From the files fetched: IP-Adapter repo code Apache-2.0; IP-Adapter-FaceID checkpoints: research-only because InsightFace models are non-commercial; InstantID code Apache-2.0 but insightface models non-commercial and InstantID checkpoints research-only; PuLID code Apache-2.0 with FLUX use bound to the FLUX.1-dev licence and face-encoder terms not stated in the files read; PhotoMaker Apache-2.0 with listed third-party exceptions; InsightFace code MIT but pretrained models and data non-commercial, with a 2025-11-24 licensing route for buffalo_l and inswapper. Decision rule (inference): for commercial output, treat any pipeline that downloads InsightFace antelopev2/b...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. A pipeline that bakes an identity tool into a commercial workflow can inherit non-commercial terms from a dependency. Conditions. Any use of the five tools in client or product work. Method. 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