Release deployment artifacts from CompressionKit

LICENSE-MODEL-WEIGHTS.md

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+# Ambiq Model Weights License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Ambiq Micro, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+## Terms
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or entity
+obtaining a copy of the model weights, codebooks, and associated deployment
+artifacts (collectively, the "Model Artifacts") distributed under this
+license, to use, copy, and modify the Model Artifacts solely for the purpose
+of deployment on Ambiq silicon devices (including, but not limited to,
+Apollo-series and future Ambiq SoCs), subject to the following conditions:
+
+1. **Ambiq Silicon Restriction.** The Model Artifacts may only be deployed,
+   executed, or otherwise used in production on hardware manufactured by or
+   for Ambiq Micro, Inc. Research, evaluation, and benchmarking on
+   non-Ambiq hardware is permitted for the sole purpose of assessing
+   suitability for eventual Ambiq deployment.
+
+2. **Redistribution.** Redistribution of the Model Artifacts, in original
+   or modified form, is permitted provided that:
+   - This license notice is retained in all copies or substantial portions.
+   - Any modified versions are clearly marked as such and not misrepresented
+     as the original Ambiq-published artifacts.
+
+3. **No Warranty.** THE MODEL ARTIFACTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
+   WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
+   THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
+   NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL AMBIQ MICRO, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+   CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE MODEL
+   ARTIFACTS.
+
+4. **Attribution.** Any public use, publication, or demonstration of results
+   obtained using the Model Artifacts must include attribution to
+   Ambiq Micro, Inc. and reference the originating HuggingFace repository.
+
+## Scope
+
+This license applies exclusively to the trained model weights, quantized
+TFLite models, and codebook tables. The compression-kit source code (the
+training framework, scripts, and library) is licensed separately under the
+terms specified in the repository's top-level LICENSE file.

README.md

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-license: apache-2.0
+license: other
+license_name: ambiq-model-weights-license
+license_link: https://github.com/AmbiqAI/compressionkit/blob/main/LICENSE-MODEL-WEIGHTS.md
 library_name: compressionkit
 pipeline_tag: other
 tags:
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 Training data: MESA (NSRR restricted). Sample data uses synthetic physiokit waveforms only — no patient data is redistributed.
 
-Model weights are released under the **APACHE-2.0** license.
+Model weights are released under the **Ambiq Model Weights License** — deployment is restricted to Ambiq silicon devices. See `LICENSE-MODEL-WEIGHTS.md` for full terms.
 
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