"They've Stolen My GPL-Licensed Model!": Toward Standardized and Transparent Model Licensing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11483v1
• Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 06:52:09 GMT
• Title: "They've Stolen My GPL-Licensed Model!": Toward Standardized and Transparent Model Licensing
• Authors: Moming Duan, Rui Zhao, Linshan Jiang, Nigel Shadbolt, Bingsheng He,
• Abstract summary: We develop a new vocabulary for ML workflow management and encoded license rules to enable ontological reasoning for analyzing rights granting and compliance issues.<n>Our analysis tool is built on Turtle language and Notation3 reasoning engine, envisioned as first step toward Linked Open Model Data.
• Score: 30.19362102481241
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: As model parameter sizes reach the billion-level range and their training consumes zettaFLOPs of computation, components reuse and collaborative development are become increasingly prevalent in the Machine Learning (ML) community. These components, including models, software, and datasets, may originate from various sources and be published under different licenses, which govern the use and distribution of licensed works and their derivatives. However, commonly chosen licenses, such as GPL and Apache, are software-specific and are not clearly defined or bounded in the context of model publishing. Meanwhile, the reused components may also have free-content licenses and model licenses, which pose a potential risk of license noncompliance and rights infringement within the model production workflow. In this paper, we propose addressing the above challenges along two lines: 1) For license analysis, we have developed a new vocabulary for ML workflow management and encoded license rules to enable ontological reasoning for analyzing rights granting and compliance issues. 2) For standardized model publishing, we have drafted a set of model licenses that provide flexible options to meet the diverse needs of model publishing. Our analysis tool is built on Turtle language and Notation3 reasoning engine, envisioned as a first step toward Linked Open Model Production Data. We have also encoded our proposed model licenses into rules and demonstrated the effects of GPL and other commonly used licenses in model publishing, along with the flexibility advantages of our licenses, through comparisons and experiments.

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