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Compliance & licensing · v1.1

Three ways to license. Pick the one that fits.

Free and open under CERN-OHL-W-2.0. Partner for up to 2,000 units a year. Enterprise for anything bigger, exclusive, or defence. If things grow, switch up. No retroactive penalties, no hidden escalators.

Door 1 · Free
Free & Open
CERN-OHL-W-2.0 · makers, research, teaching
$0no fee, no account
Non-partner batteries at $229 / unit

You promise (four things):

  • 1Publish your changes — if you modify the design and share it, you share the design files too
  • 2Credit Yirra Systems and the Replicant GEN 1 project
  • 3Don’t imply Yirra endorses you or your fork
  • 4Don’t attack other users with patents

If you mess up, the licence ends automatically until you fix it. No lawyers — you just lose the licence.

Open the Free door →
Door 2 · Partner
Yirra Partner
CPA · up to 2,000 units / yr · three tiers

One agreement. Published tiers.

Listing on yirrasystems.com, the Yirra Partner badge, and batteries up to 45% off.

Maker (1 – 25 units / yr)$1,100 + $20/unit
Commercial (26 – 500 units / yr)$4,500 + $15/unit
Scale (501 – 2,000 units / yr)$13,500 + $9/unit

Above 2,000 units / yr? Use Yirra Enterprise.

Open the Partner door →
Door 3 · Enterprise
Yirra Enterprise
MCLA · 2,000+ units · exclusivity · defence
from $45,000setup + negotiated royalty
Custom SKUs, serialisation, priority engineering.

Exclusivity floors (AUD / yr):

  • Territory only$25,000
  • Vertical only$35,000
  • Territory + vertical$60,000

Every MCLA is signed. Export-control breaches terminate immediately; most other breaches get a 30-day cure.

Open the Enterprise door →

At a glance

Same 25 units, three doors. All figures AUD, ex-GST.

Free (CERN)
Partner · Maker (CPA)
Enterprise (MCLA)
Annual fee
$0
$1,100
from $45,000
Per-unit royalty
None
$20 / unit
negotiated per deal
Battery price
$229
$175 save $54
custom SKUs
Unit cap
None (non-commercial)
1 – 25 / yr
2,000+ / yr
Listing & badge
None
Partner listing · “Yirra Partner” badge
Partner listing + custom comarketing
Exclusivity
Not available
Not available
Territory / vertical / both
If you mess up
Licence ends until fixed (CERN §7)
30-day cure, backpay, delist
30-day cure except export control
Net cost at 25 units
$5,725 (batteries only, 9 ongoing obligations)
$5,975 all-in, no ongoing obligations beyond reporting
— (N/A under 2,000)

Partner Commercial tier at 200 units: $4,500 + $3,000 royalty + $29,800 batteries = $37,300 vs $45,800 on the Free route for the same batteries. Switch up when the numbers switch.


Not sure which door fits?

Three questions. Lands you on the right door.

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Are you building Replicants to sell?


Official documents (readable + PDF)

v1.1 PDFs for records, plus the plain-English one-pagers for the 10-second decision.

Commercial Partner Agreement
CPA v1.1 · up to 2,000 units/yr

Partner door terms: tiers, royalties, reporting, battery pricing, Good Standing Certificate.

Master Commercial License Agreement
MCLA v1.1 · enterprise / exclusivity / defence

Enterprise door terms: 2,000+ units, exclusivity floors, defence and government provisions.

Compliance Guide
CERN-OHL-W-2.0 · v1.1

Free door obligations in detail. Checklist and evidence for distributors on the open route.

Plain-English one-pagers
CERN · CPA · MCLA

The 10-second decision sheets. Grab whichever matches the door you walked through.