Clarification on GR00T License for Commercial Use

Omniverse Isaac Sim
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I’m working on a project that involves fine-tuning the GR00T model for industrial robots, with the goal of commercial use.

I’ve reviewed the licenses and found that:

  • The code on GitHub is under the Apache License 2.0
  • The pre-trained weights hosted on Hugging Face are under the NVIDIA License

I understand that Apache 2.0 permits commercial use as long as attribution and other conditions are met. However, I’m unclear about the implications of the NVIDIA License for the model weights.

Could you please clarify:

  1. Is it permitted to use the GR00T model weights for commercial applications (e.g., integrating into industrial systems)?
  2. If not, is there a process to request commercial licensing or permission from NVIDIA?
  3. Are there any usage restrictions I should be aware of when deploying GR00T in a commercial product?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi @park10 Let me reach out to the internal team about your questions.

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  1. Is it permitted to use the GR00T model weights for commercial applications (e.g., integrating into industrial systems)?
  • Not in production - currently a research only license due to pre-training data license constraints
  1. If not, is there a process to request commercial licensing or permission from NVIDIA?
  • Not currently – it’s a data issue, not a license choice
  1. Are there any usage restrictions I should be aware of when deploying GR00T in a commercial product?
  • Shouldn’t deploy in a commercial product until we have a model that allows for commercial use
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