Collective Licensing
Your community's language data, licensed fairly, with income shared back.
Licensing
Planned
Communities
Process
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a community registers its language
→ shared agreement community
→ licence terms negotiated
● income share to the fund
Nzinga · licensing
members
Members whose recordings appear
Paid
community.fund
Community fund share
Published
licence.type
Licence type for AI builders
Non-exclusive
Overview
AI models have been trained on African-language text without asking anyone. Collective licensing lets communities register, set terms together and license their language data to AI companies, with every fee shared back.
What it covers
registry
community
Language communities register and set terms
agreement
shared
One agreement for each language, decided together
licences
non-exclusive
Licences for new data and for past use
income
shared
A share of every fee to the community fund
members
paid
Members whose recordings are used earn directly
Process
01
Your community registers first
A community organisation joins and names who speaks for the language.
02
Agree shared terms
Members and leaders decide what may be licensed, and how.
03
Income flows back
Fees are shared with members and the community fund.
Bring your community in to shape it.
Community organisations and AI companies: talk to us about shaping the first agreement together.
→ register the community
→ agree shared terms
→ license, then share income
✓ non-exclusive · ✓ no voice cloning · ✓ no surveillance
● planned · seeking partners