# SMPL body model license (Max Planck)

- id: src_01M569CNZEBGVG56PTJ788DGPX
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T07, T20 · tags: level:established
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:18:03.745Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569CNZEBGVG56PTJ788DGPX

Source: https://smpl.is.tue.mpg.de/modellicense.html

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```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "The license governing SMPL, the body model underneath most monocular mocap, motion-diffusion and pose-to-mesh research code. Essential rights check before using any SMPL-dependent pipeline in paid production.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Summary is from a fetch tool, not a legal reading."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] License grants use for non-commercial scientific research, non-commercial education or non-commercial artistic projects; commercial licensing is directed to Meshcapade or the Max Planck Innovation contact. · source: https://smpl.is.tue.mpg.de/modellicense.html
- [sourced_fact] License prohibits copying, sharing, redistributing or sublicensing the Software (one archive copy excepted), bans use to train methods or neural networks for commercial use, and requires citing Loper et al. 2015 in publications. · source: https://smpl.is.tue.mpg.de/modellicense.html
- [inference] Whether renders or other outputs of SMPL-based systems may be used commercially is not stated directly; the license bars use to produce 'other artefacts for commercial purposes' (summarised from the fetch; confirm with the licensor). · source: https://smpl.is.tue.mpg.de/modellicense.html
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- model_weights: license=SMPL Body Model License (custom) hosting=restricted redistribution=prohibited modification=restricted training=prohibited · Non-commercial research/education/artistic projects only; redistribution prohibited; commercial neural-network training prohibited. Applies to SMPL body model files, not to the MIT code of tools that require them. · evidence: https://smpl.is.tue.mpg.de/modellicense.html

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