License Clarification for NLLB-200: Usage in Government-Funded Public Service

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❓ Questions and Help

Our institution is comparing and analyzing the performance of various models to select the most suitable model for the 'Public Translation Support' project. The results of the public translation support project will be provided as a free service to internal public institution users and the general public. This service is operated by the government budget and generates no revenue. Does this case fall under the scope of Non-Commercial (NC) within the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license?

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We are not lawyers here, so we can't give any definitive advice on this matter.

We can only refer you to the text of the license itself:

i. NonCommercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. For purposes of this Public License, the exchange of the Licensed Material for other material subject to Copyright and Similar Rights by digital file-sharing or similar means is NonCommercial provided there is no payment of monetary compensation in connection with the exchange.

(from https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.en)