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About the licenses on Cults

Discover all the licenses applicable on the Cults designs.

The designs available on Cults are subject to licenses and are not all free of copyrights. We describe on this page the terms and conditions of these licenses.

Designers are the right holders of their files that you can download on Cults under the copyright laws. Applying a license allows them to control how these files are shared, credited and used by the members. Each design has its own license.

Members who download files on Cults agree to respect the licenses chosen by the designers. They must ensure that their use, attribution and sharing of the downloaded files will be compliant with the applied license.

Working principle of licenses

Available licenses on Cults for designs fall into two categories: licenses for free digital files and licenses for paid digital files.

Each license allows people who download digital files of a design from Cults to distribute them under some conditions within the boundaries of copyright law. They define the legal framework for the use, distribution, modification, copy and adaptation of the digital files of a design on Cults. They also ensure that the designers of these files, the right holders, get the credit for their work they deserve. They operate worldwide on a non-exclusive basis. Some licenses, including the Creatives Commons licenses, are irrevocable, for as long as applicable copyright lasts.

Some licenses only allow non-commercial use. You can use designs under these licenses only if you apply and follow the attribution and sharing terms explicitly stated by the related license. You can use designs for marketing, monetization, sales, promotion and advertising with the intent of monetary return only on designs under commercial use licenses.

Questions to ask yourself

For designers on Cults, you have to ask yourself:

  • Do I want to allow commercial uses on my digital files?
  • Do I want to allow modification on my digital files?
  • Do I want to allow sharing of the adaptations of my design?
  • Do I have the copyright on the design I want to share?

For members who download digital files on Cults, you have to ask yourself:

  • How will I use this digital file?
  • How will I share this digital file?

Cults require members who download digital files on the website to get permission from the designers, the right holders, to do any of the things that the license does not expressly allow.

The default license on Cults

By default, the Cults - Private Use license is applied to all designs on the site. As a designer, if you do not specify a license for your design, this license will be automatically applied.

CULTS - Private Use

You are authorized to:

  • Print and use the 3D prints of the 3D model for private use, in unlimited quantity;
  • Share the images of your 3D prints of the 3D model on communication media such as social networks or websites.

What is not allowed:

  • No commercial use or public sharing of the 3D model;
  • No modification or adaptation of the 3D model for public sharing or sale;
  • No distribution, sale, donation or exchange of the digital files of the 3D model.
Read the conditions of the license

The Cults - Private Use license grants an unlimited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to print and use a 3D model from its 3D digital files downloadable from Cults for private use for as long as this license is in effect on the licensed 3D model.

When you exercise the rights granted by the license (defined below), you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Cults - Private Use license. To the extent that this License may be construed as a contract, you receive the rights granted by the License in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the designer(s) grants you those rights in consideration of the benefits of making the 3D digital files of the licensed 3D model available to you under these terms and conditions.

Section 1 - Definitions
  • A 3D Model is the result of 3D modeling, the process of developing a three-dimensional representation of animated or living objects and surfaces.
  • The licensed 3D model means the 3D model for which the designer(s) uses this license.
  • a 3D digital file means a digital representation of a 3D model, in the form of a digital file downloadable from Cults in formats such as, but not limited to, STL, OBJ or 3DS.
  • A 3D print means a physical printed version of a 3D model from a 3D digital file uploaded to the Cults site.
  • the designer(s) means the copyright holder and author(s) of the licensed 3D model.
  • The licensed rights means the rights granted to you under the terms and conditions of use set forth in this license, limited to the copyright applicable to your use of the licensed 3D model and which the designer(s) has the right to grant.
  • The term β€œshare” means to make available to the public by any means or process that requires authorization under the licensed rights, such as reproduction, public performance, distribution, broadcast, communication or importation, including in such a way that anyone may access it from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
  • The term β€œyou” (licensee) refers to any individual or entity exercising the rights granted by the license. The terms β€œyour” and β€œyours” also refer to the licensee.
Article 2 - Scope of this license

Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of use of this license, the designer(s) authorize(s) you to exercise for the whole world, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, the rights granted by the license all the time this license is applied on the site Cults in order to :

  • reproduce 3D prints of the licensed 3D model, in whole or in part, for private and personal use;
  • make available to the public through communication media such as social networks or websites the images of your 3D prints of the licensed 3D model.
Article 3 - Terms of use of this license

If you share images of your 3D prints, you must :

  • identify the designer(s) of the licensed 3D model, including in the form of a pseudonym if this information is provided;
  • submit a URI or hyperlink to the licensed 3D model.

This license does not include permissions:

  • for selling, distributing, sharing, donating, exchanging, copying, modifying or adapting the licensed 3D model;
  • for the sale, distribution, sharing, donation, exchange, copying, modification or adaptation of the 3D digital files of the licensed 3D model.
Article 4 - Limitations of Warranty and Disclaimers

Unless otherwise specified, this license does not include any warranty of any kind, including but not limited to any express, implied, statutory or other warranty with respect to this license.

Article 5 - Duration and termination

This license applies for as long as it is in effect on the licensed 3D model on the Cults website.

Failure to comply with the obligations of this license shall automatically result in the revocation of the rights granted by this license.

Licenses for free designs

Non-commercial use

CC BY-NC - Attribution - Non commercial

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing or adaptation without attribution;
  • No commercial use.

The terms of this license are defined by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

CC BY-NC-SA - Attribution - Non commercial - Share alike

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material for any use.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing or adaptation without attribution;
  • No sharing or adaptation under different conditions;
  • No commercial use.

The license conditions are defined by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

CC BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing, no adaptation without attribution;
  • No modification;
  • No commercial use.

The terms of this license are defined by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

CC0 - Creative Commons public domain

You are authorized to:

  • Usage - Use the work for any purpose, whether commercial, non-commercial, educational, or personal.
  • Adapt - Modify, adapt, or build upon the work to create derivative works.
  • Share - Distribute, display, and perform the work publicly, in any medium or format.
  • Credit - Use the work without having to obtain permission or give credit to the original creator.

What is not allowed:

  • Ownership: Claiming ownership of the original work or any derivative works created from it.
  • Licence modification: Applying any additional restrictions or terms to the work beyond those specified in the CC0 license.
  • Law: Using the work in a way that violates applicable laws or infringes upon the rights of others.
  • Falsification: Misrepresenting the origin or creator of the work.

β€œNo Rights Reserved” - CC0 enables scientists, educators, artists and other creators and owners of copyright- or database-protected content to waive those interests in their works and thereby place them as completely as possible in the public domain, so that others may freely build upon, enhance and reuse the works for any purposes without restriction under copyright or database law.

CERN OHL - CERN Open Hardware Licence 1.2

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” distribute and communicate the original material by any means and in any format.
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing without sharing the copyright provisions of the original 3D file;
  • No sharing without reference to the trademarks of the original 3D file;
  • No sharing without documentation and guarantees of the original 3D file;
  • No sharing without respecting the conditions stipulated in the license;
  • No modification without respecting the conditions stipulated in the license.

You can read license conditions to know the legal framework.

GNU GPL - GNU General Public License 3.0

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” distribute and communicate the original material by any means and in any format;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing without a copyright provision;
  • No sharing without respecting the conditions stipulated in the license;
  • No modification without respecting the conditions stipulated in the license.

You can read the license conditions to know the legal framework.

GNU LGPL - GNU Lesser General Public License 3.0

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” distribute and communicate the original material by any means and in any format.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing without a copyright provision;
  • No sharing without respecting the conditions stipulated in the license;
  • No modification.

You can read the license conditions to know the legal framework.

Commercial use

CC BY - Attribution

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material for any use, including commercial.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing, no adaptation without attribution.

The terms of this license are defined by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

CC BY-SA - Attribution - Share alike

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material for any use, including commercial.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing or adaptation without attribution;
  • No sharing or adaptation under different conditions.

The terms of this license are defined by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

CC BY-ND - Attribution - No derivatives

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format for any use, including commercial.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing, no adaptation without attribution
  • No modification.

The conditions of this license are defined by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0).

MIT License

You are authorized to:

  • Share β€” copy, distribute and communicate the material by any means and in any format;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the material for any use, including commercial.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing without sharing the copyright provisions of the original 3D file;
  • No sharing or adaptation without a copy of the MIT license.

You can read the license conditions to know the legal framework.

Licenses for sellable designs

CULTS CU - Commercial Use

You are authorized to:

  • Print β€” sell and distribute 3D prints of the 3D model and its adapted models for any use, including commercial use, in unlimited quantities;
  • Adapt β€” remix, transform and create from the digital files of the 3D model.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing of your 3D prints, nor adaptation of the 3D model without attribution;
  • No distribution, sale, donation or exchange of the digital files of the 3D model and the digital files of 3D models adapted from it.
Read the conditions of the license

The Cults - Commercial Use (CULTS CU) license grants an unlimited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to print, use, modify, copy and adapt 3D prints of a 3D model from its 3D digital files that are downloadable from the site. It also grants permission to distribute the 3D prints of said digital files and those adapted from them, including for commercial purposes for as long as this license is applied to the licensed 3D model.

When you exercise the rights granted by the license (defined below), you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Cults - Commercial Use (CULTS CU) license. To the extent that this license may be construed as a contract, you are granted the rights granted by the license in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the designer(s) grants you those rights in consideration of the benefits of making available the 3D digital files of the licensed 3D model under these terms and conditions.

Article 1 - Definitions
  • A 3D model is the result of 3D modeling, a process to develop a three-dimensional representation of animated or living objects and surfaces.
  • The licensed 3D model refers to the 3D model for which the designer(s) use(s) this license.
  • A 3D digital file means a digital representation of a 3D model, in the form of a digital file that can be downloaded from the Cults website in formats such as, but not limited to, STL, OBJ or 3DS.
  • A 3D print means a physical printed version of a 3D model from a 3D digital file downloaded from the Cults website.
  • An adapted 3D model means a 3D model whose related 3D digital files have been translated, retouched, arranged, transformed or modified from the 3D digital files of the licensed 3D model dowloaded from the website under this license in such a way that the permission of its designer(s) is required in accordance with the copyright provisions.
  • The designer(s) means the copyright holder and author of the licensed 3D model,
  • The rights granted by the license means the rights granted to you under the terms and conditions of use set forth in this license, limited to the copyright applicable to your use of the licensed 3D model and which the designer(s) has the right to grant.
  • The term β€œshare” means to make available to the public by any means or process that requires authorization under the rights granted by the license, such as reproduction, public performance, distribution, broadcast, communication or importation, including in such a way that it may be accessed by anyone from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
  • The term β€œyou” (licensee) refers to any individual or entity exercising the rights granted by the license. The terms β€œyour” and β€œyours” also refer to the licensee.
Article 2 - Scope of this license

Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of use of this license, the designer(s) authorize(s) you to exercise on a worldwide, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive basis the rights granted by the license for as long as the license is in effect on the Cults website in order to:

  • reproduce and share 3D prints of the licensed 3D model, in whole or in part for any purpose, including commercial use, in unlimited quantities;
  • produce, reproduce and share 3D prints of adapted 3D models from the licensed 3D model, for any use, including commercial use, in unlimited quantities;
  • make available to the public through communication media such as social networks or websites the images of your 3D prints of the licensed 3D model and those of its adapted 3D models.
Article 3 - Terms of use of this license

If you share 3D prints of the licensed 3D model, including in modified form, you must:

  • identify the designer(s) of the licensed 3D model, including in the form of a pseudonym if this information is indicated;
  • indicate the existence of copyright;
  • provide a notice referring to this license;
  • provide a URI or hyperlink to the licensed 3D model;
  • indicate whether you have modified the licensed 3D model and keep track of previous modifications.

If you share 3D prints of your adapted 3D models, the license you apply to those 3D prints must be without prejudice to compliance with this license by users of the 3D prints of your adapted 3D models.

This license does not include permissions :

  • for the sale, gift, exchange, distribution, or sharing of the 3D digital files of the licensed 3D model;
  • for the sale, gift, exchange, distribution, or sharing of the 3D digital files of the adapted 3D models.
Article 4 - Limitations of Warranty and Disclaimers

Unless otherwise specified, this license does not make any warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to it.

Article 5 - Duration and termination

This license applies for as long as it is in effect on the licensed 3D model on the Cults website.

Failure to comply with the obligations of this license shall automatically result in the revocation of the rights granted by this license.

CULTS CU-ND - Commercial Use - No Derivative

You are authorized to:

  • Print β€” copy and distribute 3D prints of the 3D model for any use, including commercial, in unlimited quantities.

What is not allowed:

  • No sharing of your 3D prints of the 3D model without attribution;
  • No modification or adaptation of the 3D model;
  • No distribution or resale of 3D digital files of the 3D model.
Read the conditions of the license

The Cults - Commercial Use - No Derivative (CULTS CU-ND) license grants an unlimited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to print and use a 3D model from its 3D digital files downloadable from the wesite. It also grants permission to distribute 3D prints from said digital files, including for commercial purposes for as long as this license is applied to the licensed 3D model.

When you exercise the rights granted by the license (defined below), you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Cults - Commercial Use - No Derivative (CULTS CU-ND) license. To the extent that this license may be construed as a contract, you are granted the rights granted by the license in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the designer(s) grant(s) you those rights in consideration of the benefits of making the digital files of the licensed 3D model pursuant to these terms and conditions.

Section 1 - Definitions
  • A 3D model is the result of 3D modeling, a process to develop a three-dimensional representation of animated or living objects and surfaces.
  • The licensed 3D model means the 3D model for which the designer(s) uses this license.
  • A 3D digital file means a digital representation of a 3D model, in the form of a digital file that can be downloaded from the Cults website in formats such as, but not limited to, STL, OBJ or 3DS.
  • A 3D print means a physical printed version of a 3D model from a 3D digital file downloaded from the Cults website.
  • The designer(s) means the copyright holder and author of the licensed 3D model,
  • The rights granted by the license means the rights granted to you under the terms and conditions of use set forth in this license, limited to the copyright applicable to your use of the licensed 3D model and which the designer(s) has the right to grant.
  • The term β€œshare” means to make available to the public by any means or process that requires authorization under the rights granted by the license, such as reproduction, public performance, distribution, broadcast, communication or importation, including in such a way that it may be accessed by anyone from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
  • The term β€œyou” (licensee) refers to any individual or entity exercising the rights granted by the license. The terms β€œyour” and β€œyours” also refer to the licensee.
Section 2 - Scope of this license

Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of use of this license, the designer(s) authorize(s) you to exercise for the whole world, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, the rights granted by the license all the time this license is applied on the website Cults in order to:

  • reproduce and share 3D prints of the licensed 3D model, in whole or in part for any purpose, including commercial use, in unlimited quantities ;
  • make available to the public through communication media such as social networks or websites the images of your 3D prints of the licensed 3D model.
Section 3 - Terms of use of this license

If you share 3D prints of the licensed 3D model, you must:

  • identify the designer(s) of the licensed 3D model, including in the form of a pseudonym if so indicated;
  • indicate the existence of a copyright;
  • present a notice referring to this license;
  • provide a URI or hyperlink to the licensed 3D model.

This license does not include permissions:

  • for the copy, modification or adaptation of the licensed 3D model ;
  • for the copy, modification, adaptation, the sale, gift, exchange, distribution or sharing of the 3D digital files of the licensed 3D model.
Section 4 - Limitations of warranty and exclusions of liability

Unless otherwise specified, this license does not include any warranty of any kind, including but not limited to, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to it.

Section 5 - Term and termination

This license applies for as long as it is in effect on the files of the licensed 3D model on the website Cults.

Failure to comply with the obligations of this license will automatically result in the revocation of the rights granted by this license.