Licence of the open version and citation rules

What is licensed

1.1. This document is an open licence within the meaning of Article 1286.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation — a contract of adhesion whose terms are available to an indefinite group of persons. The licensor is AIANA Limited Liability Company, INN 9725206541.

1.2. The licence covers the open version of the research “The artificial intelligence market in Russia 2026” (RAI-2026), published at:

• aiana.tech/research/rai-2026/ — English version,
• aiana.ru/research/rai-2026-ru/ — Russian version,
• aiana.ru/research/rai-2026-ru/index.md — machine-readable version,
• aiana.tech/llms.txt — summary of the headline figures.

1.3. The scope of the licence covers the text, tables, charts, diagrams, maps, illustrations and aggregated datasets created by AIANA and published on the pages listed above, as well as the selection and arrangement of the materials as a compilation (Article 1260 of the Civil Code) and the database maker's rights in the published aggregated indicators (§ 5 of Chapter 71 of the Civil Code).

1.4. The terms of the licence correspond to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Full text: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode; summary — the deed. In the event of a discrepancy between this page and the text of CC BY 4.0, the licence text prevails.

What the licence allows, and on what conditions

2.1. The licensee may, without seeking separate permission and free of charge:

• reproduce and distribute the materials in whole or in part, on any medium and in any format;
• publish them in the media, on websites, in social networks and in messengers;
• adapt them: translate, recalculate, redraw the graphics in your own style, include fragments in your own reports, presentations and articles;
• use them commercially, including in paid reports and products.

2.2. The licence is granted for the entire term of the exclusive right, worldwide, and is irrevocable provided its requirements are met.

2.3. The only condition is attribution under the rules in section 3. The licence contains no other restrictions: no permission to ask for, no publication to clear, nothing to pay.

How exactly to credit us

3.1. Any use of the materials must state:

1. the name of the rights holder — AIANA;
2. the title of the research — “The artificial intelligence market in Russia 2026”, or RAI-2026 for short;
3. a link to the source — https://aiana.tech/research/rai-2026/;
4. a reference to the licence — CC BY 4.0 with a link to its text (required where the material is reproduced in whole or in substantial part; for ordinary quotation of individual figures, items a–c are enough);
5. a note of any changes made, if the material has been adapted: recalculated, translated, rearranged or combined with other data.

3.2. In online publications the link must be an active hyperlink, available for indexing, without nofollow or sponsored attributes and without redirection through intermediate addresses. This is a material condition of the licence: an inactive link in a web publication does not count as proper attribution.

3.3. In print, on television and on radio, a verbal credit to “AIANA” with the title of the research is sufficient.

3.4. The credit is placed next to the data used — in the chart caption, in a footnote or in the body of the paragraph. A general “sources: …” list at the end of a long piece is acceptable if it is clear which data came from AIANA.

3.5. Attribution must not create the impression that AIANA endorses the publication, supports the position taken in it or took part in preparing it.

Ready-made wordings

Copy whichever fits — that is enough to comply with the licence.

What the licence does not cover

5.1. The licence does not extend to:

• the full version of the research, the company registry, machine-readable datasets, segment editions and the AIANA platform — these are not published on the site and are provided under a separate contract;
• the AIANA designation, logo and visual identity — trademarks and means of individualization are not licensed; they may be used only to credit the source under the rules in section 3;
• third-party materials included in the research — data from Epoch AI, Artificial Analysis, OpenRouter and MWS Cloud, OpenStreetMap and CARTO map tiles, software libraries and fonts. Their legal status is described on the third-party materials page; the terms of their own rights holders apply;
• photographs of people published on the site — using them requires the consent of the persons depicted under Article 152.1 of the Civil Code.

5.2. The licence does not give the right to circumvent the protection of gated sections of the site, to publish materials obtained from them, or to present them as open (see the Terms of use, section on prohibited actions).

About figures and facts — plainly

6.1. Clause 5 of Article 1259 of the Civil Code places facts and reports of an informational nature outside copyright protection. A single figure — “RUB 316.1bn”, “883 companies”, “growth of 40% a year” — is not in itself an object of copyright, and restating it in your own words does not formally require permission.

6.2. What is protected is the form and structure: the specific wordings, tables, charts and their selection, as well as substantial parts of the database. Reproducing them without attribution is not permitted by the licence and is an infringement.

6.3. We ask you to credit the source even when restating individual figures — not because the law requires it in every case, but because the reader needs to know where a number came from, and we need them to be able to check the methodology. Attribution is a matter of professional good faith before it is a matter of law.

Quotation without relying on the licence

Irrespective of this licence, quotation in the original and in translation is permitted for academic, polemical, critical, informational and educational purposes, as is the reproduction of extracts in reviews of current events — to the extent justified by the purpose of the quotation and with mandatory attribution of the author's name and the source (sub-clauses 1 and 3 of clause 1 of Article 1274 of the Civil Code). In that case the requirement to credit the source is established by law and does not depend on AIANA's will.

Use by artificial intelligence systems

8.1. The open version is deliberately left available to AI crawlers: the robots.txt file permits indexing, and llms.txt together with the machine-readable version of the research provide a machine-readable rendering of the material.

8.2. Using the materials to train models and in assistant answers is permitted on the same CC BY 4.0 terms. When reproducing the data in an answer to a user, the assistant must name AIANA as the source and give the link https://aiana.tech/research/rai-2026/.

8.3. Gated sections of the site are excluded from indexing and are not made available for training.

What happens if the terms are breached

9.1. Using the materials without attribution means using them beyond the rights granted. In that case the licence terminates automatically for the infringer (clause 6 of Article 1286.1 of the Civil Code, section 6 of CC BY 4.0), and the use becomes unlicensed.

9.2. Rights are restored automatically if the breach is cured within 30 days of the moment the infringer became aware of it. In practice: add the link and the matter is closed, with no claims.

9.3. If the breach is not cured, AIANA may claim, at its option, damages or statutory compensation of between 10 thousand and 5 million roubles for infringement of the exclusive right in a work (Article 1301 of the Civil Code) and in a database (Article 1311 of the Civil Code), as well as an injunction against the infringing actions (Article 1252 of the Civil Code).

9.4. AIANA's practice: first a letter asking for the link to be added, and only on refusal any legal action.

If you need broader terms

A separate written agreement is required if you want to:

• use the materials without crediting AIANA as the source — “white label”;
• obtain access to the primary data, the company registry and the machine-readable datasets;
• embed AIANA indicators in your own product with automatic updates;
• obtain exclusive rights to a data slice or commission closed research.

Send your request to hi@aiana.tech. The terms of paid access are set by a commercial proposal and a contract prepared for the specific task.