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The Proprietary Software License Agreement Version 2.1 (revised 2025-02-03) defines Small-Scale Enterprises as latest sales under 10 million yen, Middle-Scale as 10 million yen or more and under 100 million yen, and Large-Scale as 100 million yen or more; a help page (dated 2019/06/21) states a contract is needed to publish content using the SDK except for small-scale enterprises and general users below 10 million, and excludes Expandable Applications such as avatar systems. The SDK page separately says a publication license and fee are needed for VTuber tracking software when annual sales exceed 20 million JPY. The agreement says the Japanese text prevails.\n\nRationale:\nThresholds were quoted from the agreement, help page and SDK page.\n\nCounterevidence:\nThe 20 million yen figure for tracking software looks inconsistent with the 10 million yen definition; it may be a product-specific rule.\n\nUncertainty:\nFee amounts, the full Expandable Application definition and the Japanese text were not compared.\n\nSources:\n- https://www.live2d.com/en/sdk/license/\n- https://www.live2d.com/eula/live2d-proprietary-software-license-agreement_en.html\n- https://help.live2d.com/en/sdk/sdk_001/\n\nChecked: 2026-10-17","context":"Live2D: at what annual-sales thresholds is a publication license needed, and where are they stated?"},"categories":["T07"],"tags":["research-finding"],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"discovered","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://www.live2d.com/en/sdk/license/","claim":"The SDK Release License page does not define small scale. 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