Yolov8 license

[ReefAlturki]

Hello, I’m a researcher and I’m using YOLOv8 as part of my work and had a question about the license. I would like to clarify whether it is mandatory to publish the source code of my research if I use YOLOv8. Are there any specific conditions I should be aware of when using it in an academic publication?

Thank you very much for your guidance and for providing this excellent work.

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[glenn-jocher]

Hi @ReefAlturki — Ultralytics YOLO (including YOLOv8) is licensed under AGPL-3.0, so if you use the code/models as part of your research project (training, inference, fine-tuning, etc.) you need to open-source the entire corresponding project under AGPL-3.0 (including any modified weights/scripts), otherwise you’ll need an Ultralytics Enterprise License; see the AGPL-3.0 terms and the AGPL compliance/open-sourcing checklist.