Commercial Use Considerations for LocalForge

Start with the right question

“Can I sell this?” is not answered by one product feature. A commercial project combines software terms, model licenses, input rights, output content, client agreements, local law, and marketplace rules. Review each layer and preserve the evidence behind the decision.

This page is a practical risk checklist, not legal advice.

1. Define the commercial activity

Write down what you will deliver and how money is involved. Examples include selling an image, creating client assets, licensing a design, marketing a product, printing merchandise, operating a paid service, or distributing a workflow or fine-tuned model. Different activities can trigger different terms.

2. Verify every model and add-on

Record the exact checkpoint, LoRA, VAE, embedding, or other asset used. For each one, retain its source, version, download date, and license. Confirm that commercial use and the planned form of distribution are permitted. A permissive checkpoint does not automatically cure a restrictive LoRA.

3. Review source and reference material

Confirm that you have rights to use photographs, sketches, logos, characters, datasets, client files, and other references. Local processing does not eliminate copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy, confidentiality, or contractual obligations.

4. Check the output itself

Review final work for recognizable people, protected logos, copied compositions, confidential details, unsafe content, and client-specific restrictions. Do not assume a generated output is automatically unique or automatically owned in every jurisdiction.

5. Align with client and platform terms

Tell clients what provenance or disclosure they require. Check the rules of marketplaces, print vendors, advertising networks, and distribution platforms. Their policies may be narrower than the model license or local law.

6. Preserve a production record

For each approved deliverable, retain:

• LocalForge and engine version.
• Model and add-on filenames and versions.
• Source and license records.
• Prompt and material settings when appropriate.
• Reference-asset permissions.
• Review date and reviewer.
• Final output identifier.
• Required notices or attribution.

This record makes corrections and client questions manageable.

7. Protect client data

Private local generation on your PC after setup. That avoids a cloud-generator upload in the tested local workflow, but you must still manage synced folders, backups, shared accounts, remote support, and exported files. Follow the client’s confidentiality and retention requirements.

8. Avoid unsupported promises

Do not promise that an output is copyrightable, infringement-free, exclusive, legally “uncensored,” or permitted everywhere without a qualified basis. Describe the actual workflow and documented checks instead.

Stop and escalate when

• A model has no clear license or source.
• Commercial permission conflicts across files.
• A client asks for imitation of a living artist or identifiable person without a rights review.
• Source material contains confidential or personal information.
• The output resembles protected branding or a specific work too closely.
• A distribution platform prohibits the planned content.
• The project involves regulated, political, medical, financial, or other high-impact claims.

LocalForge-specific boundary

First launch may download the engine; generation can run offline afterward. Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. These product facts describe operation and availability; they do not alter third-party rights. The safest commercial workflow combines local control with documented provenance, explicit permissions, human review, and a correction path.