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- # R-08 Transformer Baseline 45M — NON-COMMERCIAL RESEARCH LICENSE
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  Copyright (c) 2026 Thomas Seri. All Rights Reserved.
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- ### 1. DEFINITIONS
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- - **"Author"** means Thomas Seri.
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- - **"Software"** means the R-08 Transformer Baseline 45M model weights, checkpoints, configurations, code, and documentation provided herein as control baseline for the Sentinel R-08 project.
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- - **"Commercial Use"** means using the Software or any derivative work in any business, for-profit venture, service provision, integration into commercial applications, or for any activity generating revenue.
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- - **"Non-Commercial Research Use"** means using the Software solely for personal education, academic study, reproducibility evaluation, and non-profit benchmarking.
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- ### 2. GRANT OF PERMISSION
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- Subject to the terms and restrictions of this License, the Author grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to:
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- 1. Download, view, and inspect the code and weights.
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- 2. Run inference for Non-Commercial Research Use and scientific baseline comparison only.
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- 3. Cite and reference the architecture and benchmark results in academic or research publications, provided that prominent attribution is given to Thomas Seri and Sentinel AI.
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- ### 3. RESTRICTIONS & PROHIBITIONS
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- You shall NOT:
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- 1. Use the Software or any portion thereof for any Commercial Use without a separate, written, commercial license agreement signed by the Author.
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- 2. Sublicense, lease, sell, rent, or distribute modified copies of the Software for commercial purposes.
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- ### 3.1 STRICT ETHICAL RESTRICTIONS & PROHIBITED USES (ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY)
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- It is strictly, unconditionally, and globally FORBIDDEN to use the Software, model weights, checkpoints, code, or any derivative works for:
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- 1. **Military, Defense & Warfare**: Weapons development, autonomous defense systems, missile targeting, tactical combat simulations, warfare logistics, or military applications of any kind.
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- 2. **Religious Propaganda & Indoctrination**: Proselytism, religious manipulation, spiritual coercion, or automated doctrinal dissemination.
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- 3. **Pornography & Sexual Exploitation**: Generation, processing, or dissemination of sexually explicit content, pornography, non-consensual deepfakes, or sexual exploitation.
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- 4. **Cyberattacks & Malicious Software**: Writing, training, or deploying computer malware, ransomware, zero-day exploits, unauthorized network intrusion tools, or attacks on critical infrastructure (healthcare, energy, water, finance).
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- 5. **Addictions & Harmful Behaviors**: Promotion of gambling, casinos, betting platforms, illicit drug distribution, or psychological manipulation inducing behavioral addictions.
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- 6. **Political Campaigns & Partisan Propaganda**: Electoral manipulation, voter persuasion, automated political astroturfing, partisan lobbying, candidate campaigns, or deceptive political disinformation.
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- 7. **High-Risk Autonomous Decisions (Medical & Financial)**: Autonomous clinical diagnosis, prescription of medication, or unmonitored financial trading without certified human professional oversight.
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- 8. **Surveillance & Human Rights Violations**: Mass biometric surveillance, predictive policing, or discrimination based on race, gender, religion, or nationality.
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- **IMMEDIATE REVOCATION CLAUSE:** ANY USE VIOLATING THIS SECTION IMMEDIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY REVOKES ALL PERMISSIONS AND LICENSES GRANTED HEREIN WITH RETROACTIVE EFFECT, RENDERING ANY ONGOING POSSESSION OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE AN ILLEGAL INFRINGEMENT OF THE AUTHOR'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT.
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- ### 4. TRADEMARK & NO-ENDORSEMENT CLAUSE
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- The names **"Sentinel"**, **"Sentinel LifeOS"**, **"Sentinel AI"**, **"R-08"**, **"R08"**, and **"Thomas Seri"** are protected identities, trade names, and trademarks of the Author. No license is granted herein to use these names, logos, or marks for trade, commercial advertising, or to imply any endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship of any third-party product, service, or company without prior, express written authorization from Thomas Seri.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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- ### 5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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- **MEDICAL, FINANCIAL & LEGAL DISCLAIMER:** The Software is an experimental research system. The outputs generated by this model do NOT constitute certified medical advice, legal counsel, or financial/investment recommendations. The Author and Sentinel AI shall have NO liability for any personal injury, financial loss, legal liability, or damages arising directly or indirectly from decisions made based on outputs of the Software. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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  For commercial licensing, enterprise partnerships, or integration inquiries:
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  Contact: Thomas Seri / Sentinel AI
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  Website: https://www.sentinelhub.eu
 
 
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+ R08 — NON-COMMERCIAL RESEARCH & ETHICAL LICENSE (v2.0)
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  Copyright (c) 2026 Thomas Seri. All Rights Reserved.
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+ BY DOWNLOADING, CLONING, ACCESSING, INSPECTING, OR USING ANY PART OF THIS REPOSITORY, TOKENIZER, OR MODEL, YOU EXPLICITLY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT ACCESS, VIEW, OR USE THE SOFTWARE.
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+ 1. DEFINITIONS
 
 
 
 
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+ "Author" means Thomas Seri (Sentinel).
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+ "Software" means the R08 / R-08 (Rob) Geodesic Mesh & Somatotopic Multi-Sphere Neural Network architecture, topological designs, Regional Hub / Icosahedral routing, Spinal Safety Reflex (<1 ms override), memory/energy optimization methods, gpTommy / gpTommy-32k tokenizer and vocabulary stages, model weights, checkpoints, Knowledge Tree ontologies, search engines, configurations, source code, and documentation provided herein for Sentinel LifeOS.
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+ "Derivative Work" means any modification, adaptation, translation, re-implementation in another programming language (including C, C++, Rust, CUDA, or HDL), architectural port, fine-tuned model, quantized version, distilled model, or synthetic dataset generated using the Software.
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+ "Commercial Use" means using the Software or any Derivative Work in any business, corporate environment, for-profit venture, internal enterprise operations, industrial automation/PLC deployment, paid or unpaid service provision, integration into commercial or enterprise applications, government/institutional deployment, or for any activity directly or indirectly generating revenue or commercial advantage.
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+ "Non-Commercial Research Use" means using the Software solely for personal education, independent academic study, reproducibility evaluation, and non-profit benchmarking, EXPRESSLY EXCLUDING any research funded, sponsored, commissioned, or affiliated (directly or indirectly) with military entities, defense contractors, intelligence agencies, or commercial corporations.
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+ 2. GRANT OF PERMISSION
 
 
 
 
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+ Subject to the strict terms and conditions of this License, the Author grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license solely to:
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+ - Download, view, and inspect the code and weights for Non-Commercial Research Use.
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+ - Run inference and reproducibility tests for Non-Commercial Research Use only.
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+ - Cite and reference the architecture and benchmark results in academic or research publications, provided that prominent and clear attribution is given to Thomas Seri and Sentinel AI (https://www.sentinelhub.eu).
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+ No other rights are granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. All rights not expressly granted herein are strictly reserved by the Author.
 
 
 
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+ 3. RESTRICTIONS & PROHIBITIONS
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+ You shall NOT, under any circumstances, without a separate, prior, written license agreement signed by the Author:
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+ - Use the Software, Derivative Works, or any portion thereof for any Commercial Use or non-academic institutional deployment.
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+ - Sublicense, lease, sell, rent, host as a service (SaaS/API), or distribute the Software or modified copies/Derivative Works to any third party, nor re-license any Derivative Work under permissive or copyleft licenses (such as MIT, Apache, BSD, or GPL).
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+ - Perform clean-room reverse engineering, decompile, extract proprietary architectural topologies (including Geodesic Mesh, Somatotopic Spheres, Regional Centers, and memory/energy reduction mechanisms), or use insights gained from inspecting the Software to design, train, distill, or instruct third parties to build competing or equivalent models (whether commercial, open-source, or governmental).
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+ - Use the outputs, activations, hidden states, or weights of the Software to train, fine-tune, or distill other neural networks or AI systems.
 
 
 
 
 
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+ 3.1 STRICT ETHICAL RESTRICTIONS & PROHIBITED USES (ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY)
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+ It is strictly, unconditionally, and globally FORBIDDEN to use the Software, model weights, checkpoints, architecture, code, or any Derivative Works (even within academic or non-profit contexts) for:
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+ - Military, Defense, Intelligence & Warfare: Weapons development, autonomous or semi-autonomous defense systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs/drones), missile targeting, tactical combat simulations, warfare logistics, intelligence gathering, dual-use defense research, or military applications of any kind (including research funded by defense agencies).
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+ - Religious Propaganda & Indoctrination: Proselytism, religious manipulation, spiritual coercion, or automated doctrinal dissemination.
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+ - Pornography & Sexual Exploitation: Generation, processing, or dissemination of sexually explicit content, pornography, non-consensual deepfakes, or sexual exploitation.
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+ - Cyberattacks & Malicious Software: Writing, training, or deploying computer malware, ransomware, zero-day exploits, unauthorized network intrusion tools, or attacks on critical infrastructure (healthcare, energy, water, finance, industrial PLCs).
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+ - Addictions & Harmful Behaviors: Promotion of gambling, casinos, betting platforms, illicit drug distribution, or psychological manipulation inducing behavioral addictions.
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+ - Political Campaigns & Partisan Propaganda: Electoral manipulation, voter persuasion, automated political astroturfing, partisan lobbying, candidate campaigns, or deceptive political disinformation.
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+ - High-Risk Autonomous Decisions (Medical & Financial): Autonomous clinical diagnosis, prescription of medication, or unmonitored financial trading without certified human professional oversight.
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+ - Surveillance & Human Rights Violations: Mass biometric surveillance, facial/behavioral tracking, predictive policing, or discrimination based on race, gender, religion, or nationality.
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+ IMMEDIATE REVOCATION CLAUSE: ANY USE VIOLATING SECTION 3 OR SECTION 3.1 IMMEDIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY REVOKES ALL PERMISSIONS AND LICENSES GRANTED HEREIN WITH RETROACTIVE EFFECT, RENDERING ANY ONGOING OR PAST POSSESSION, INSPECTION, OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE AN ILLEGAL INFRINGEMENT OF THE AUTHOR'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADE SECRETS, AND COPYRIGHT, AND A BREACH OF CONTRACT.
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+ 4. COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK & NO-ENDORSEMENT CLAUSE
 
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+ The names "Sentinel", "SentinelHub", "Sentinel LifeOS", "Sentinel AI", "R-08", "R08", "gpTommy", and "Thomas Seri" are protected identities, trade names, and trademarks of the Author. No license is granted herein to use these names, logos, or marks for trade, commercial advertising, or to imply any endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship of any third-party product, service, or company without prior, express written authorization from Thomas Seri.
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+ 5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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+ MEDICAL, FINANCIAL & LEGAL DISCLAIMER: The Software is an experimental research system. The outputs generated by this model do NOT constitute certified medical advice, legal counsel, or financial/investment recommendations. The Author and Sentinel AI shall have NO liability for any personal injury, financial loss, legal liability, or damages arising directly or indirectly from decisions made based on outputs of the Software. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ 6. GOVERNING LAW, JURISDICTION & SEVERABILITY
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+ - Governing Law & Jurisdiction: This License shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Italy and applicable European Union Intellectual Property regulations, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute, legal claim, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this License or the Software shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent Courts of Milan (Sezione Specializzata in Materia di Impresa), Italy.
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+ - Severability: If any provision of this License is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect, and the invalid provision shall be interpreted to the maximum extent permitted by law to fulfill the Author's original ethical and commercial intent.
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  For commercial licensing, enterprise partnerships, or integration inquiries:
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  Contact: Thomas Seri / Sentinel AI
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  Website: https://www.sentinelhub.eu
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+ Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/SentinelHub