murmel-flash Licence 1.0

Copyright (c) 2026 The AI Factory B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved except as granted below.

This licence covers the source code in this repository and the model weights published by The AI Factory under the
name murmel-flash (together, "the Software"). By downloading, installing or using the Software you accept this
licence. If you do not accept it, do not use the Software.


1. Definitions

"Licensor" means The AI Factory B.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands (KvK 97500658).

"You" means the individual or the organisation using the Software. If you use the Software for or on behalf of an
organisation (as an employee, contractor or otherwise), "You" means that organisation.

"Affiliates" means every entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with an organisation.
Employees and turnover are counted for an organisation together with all of its Affiliates.

"Small Organisation" means an organisation (a company, foundation, association, sole trader or any other entity)
that, together with its Affiliates, has fewer than 10 employees (full-time equivalent) AND an annual turnover
(or, for a non-profit, an annual budget) below EUR 1 million, measured over its most recent financial year.

"Public Sector Body" means, regardless of its size: any state, regional or local authority (in the Netherlands
including the central government, ministries, provinces, municipalities and water boards), any body governed by
public law, any independent administrative body (zelfstandig bestuursorgaan), any joint arrangement or association
formed by one or more of these, and any comparable body in any other country. In the European Union this includes
every contracting authority within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU.

"Large Organisation" means every organisation that is not a Small Organisation.

"Derivative" means any work based on the Software, including modified code, fine-tuned or further trained weights,
quantised, distilled, pruned or converted versions (for example for other runtimes or devices).

"Output" means the transcripts, timestamps and other results the Software produces from your audio.


2. Free use

You may use, copy and modify the Software free of charge, and redistribute it under section 4, for:

  a. personal use by an individual, not on behalf of an organisation;
  b. teaching, and research whose results are not kept proprietary, at a school, university or research
     institution, including one that is a Public Sector Body. This does not cover the administrative or
     operational work of such an institution (for example transcribing its own meetings, interviews with staff,
     or services to patients, students or citizens);
  c. any purpose, including commercial use, by a Small Organisation that is not a Public Sector Body;
  d. evaluating the Software for at most 30 days, by any organisation, including a Public Sector Body or a Large
     Organisation, to decide whether to take a commercial licence. Evaluation does not include use in production
     or on real cases.


3. Use that requires a commercial licence

All other use requires a separate written commercial licence from the Licensor. This includes, in particular:

  a. any use by or for a Public Sector Body, other than under section 2b or 2d;
  b. any use by or for a Large Organisation, other than under section 2b or 2d;
  c. using the Software on behalf of, or in a product or service delivered to, a Public Sector Body or a Large
     Organisation (for example as a supplier, integrator, consultant or software vendor), even if You are a Small
     Organisation yourself;
  d. offering the Software or a Derivative to third parties as a hosted or managed speech-to-text service or API,
     whatever the size of the provider.

If a Small Organisation stops meeting the definition, it may continue to use the Software under section 2c for 90
days after the end of the financial year in which it stopped meeting it, after which a commercial licence is
needed.

Contact for commercial licences: murmel@the-ai-factory.com.


4. Redistribution and Derivatives

You may redistribute the Software and Derivatives, in source or binary form, only if:

  a. you include this licence unchanged, and every copyright notice;
  b. you state clearly that the work is murmel-flash by The AI Factory, and, for a Derivative, that it has been
     modified and by whom;
  c. the recipient receives it under this licence, with no additional restrictions. A Derivative stays under
     this licence;
  d. you do not use the names Murmel, murmel-flash or The AI Factory to suggest that the Licensor endorses you or
     your Derivative.


5. Output

The Licensor claims no rights in the Output. You may use the Output for any purpose, subject to section 3 for how
it was produced.


6. No warranty

The Software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of
accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Speech recognition makes
mistakes; you are responsible for checking the Output before relying on it.


7. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Licensor is not liable for any damages arising from the use of, or the
inability to use, the Software or the Output, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential.


8. Termination

This licence ends automatically if you breach it. If you remedy the breach within 30 days of becoming aware of it,
your licence is reinstated, unless the Licensor has notified you otherwise in writing in the meantime. Sections 5
to 9 survive termination.


9. Governing law

This licence is governed by the laws of the Netherlands. Disputes are submitted to the competent court in Amsterdam.
The Licensor may also bring proceedings before the competent court of the place where You are established. This
does not affect any mandatory rights You have as a consumer.
