USE_POLICY.md

USE_POLICY.md

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+# Acceptable Use Policy — Vext Labs open weights
+
+**Applies to:** model weights and adapters released by Vext Labs, Inc. under Apache-2.0 (or other license in the model repo).  
+**Companion to:** `LICENSE` (legal terms) and the model card (technical + safety).
+
+## You may
+
+- Use, modify, and redistribute the weights under the applicable open-source license.  
+- Conduct research, education, and **authorized** commercial products that comply with law.  
+- Publish derivatives **if** you keep license/NOTICE requirements and do not misrepresent Vext Labs as endorsing your product.
+
+## You may not
+
+- Use the model to violate law or third-party rights.  
+- Perform unauthorized security testing, intrusion, or credential theft.  
+- Generate or distribute child sexual abuse material, scams, or malware.  
+- Claim that Vext Labs warrants fitness, accuracy, or safety of outputs.  
+- Remove or obscure license, NOTICE, or prohibited-use notices when redistributing.
+
+## Security / dual-use models
+
+If the model card labels the release as security, cyber, pentest, sentry, or cipher:
+
+- Use **only** on systems you own or have **explicit authorization** to test.  
+- Do not ship raw exploit packs derived solely to harm third parties as “Vext official.”
+
+## No support for criminal use
+
+Vext Labs provides **no support** for illegal use. We may refuse assistance and may report credible threats of imminent harm where required by law.
+
+## AS IS
+
+Weights are experimental research/engineering artifacts. Use at your own risk.