Is Stable Diffusion 1.5 OK for commercial use?
Yes
Yes. SD 1.5 uses the CreativeML OpenRAIL-M licence, which has no revenue cap and claims no rights in your outputs; it only bans listed harmful uses. The US$1M revenue cap applies to newer models such as SD 3 and 3.5.
Last verified 2026-10-17. Our reading of the quoted terms below, not legal advice.
What the terms say
Stability AI (models & DreamStudio)
“The Stability AI Community License allows for research, non-commercial, and commercial use of the Core Models for individuals or organizations that generate under $1M (or local currency equivalent) of annual revenue, regardless of the source of that revenue.”
“Yes, as between you and Stability, you own outputs generated from the Core Models or Derivative Works (such as fine-tunes) and therefore can use those outputs at your discretion”
“To knowingly remove, obscure, disable, or circumvent any watermark, content credential, provenance information, or other marking applied by Stability to identify an Output as AI-generated or manipulated”
“Licensor claims no rights in the Output You generate using the Model.”
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