License
Zero2FSD is free to learn from, share and adapt for non-commercial purposes. If you want to make money from it, ask first: licensing@zero2fsd.com.
In short
- Lessons, figures, quizzes, flashcards and lab text are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
- Code (the simulator, the labs, the graders and the code that draws every figure) is licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.
- Third-party software keeps its own license. See
NOTICEin the repository.
What you can do without asking
- Study it, on your own or in a group.
- Share it: link to it, copy it, or print it to give away.
- Teach with it at a school, university, nonprofit or free workshop, as long as you don't charge for the material itself.
- Adapt it: translate it, remix the figures, or build on the code. You must credit it and keep the result non-commercial, and an adaptation of the lessons must use the same license.
The conditions
- Credit it. Write "Zero2FSD by Vivek Narayanan (https://zero2fsd.com), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0", and say if you changed anything.
- Non-commercial. Your use must not be mainly for commercial advantage or payment.
- Share alike. Adaptations of the lessons go out under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keep the notices. Copies of the code carry its license text and its
Required Notice:line.
Commercial use: ask first
You need a separate commercial license to:
- sell the course, or any part of it, in any form (printed, as an ebook, or as video);
- put it behind a paywall or a subscription;
- use it in a paid course, bootcamp or corporate training;
- use the code or the figures in a commercial product or service.
Email licensing@zero2fsd.com and describe what you have in mind. If you're not sure whether your use counts as commercial, ask.
Not affiliated with Tesla
Zero2FSD is an independent course. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Tesla, Inc.
The legal text
This page is a summary. The licenses themselves are what apply:
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 legal code
- PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0
LICENSE(code) andLICENSE-content(lessons) in the repository
Copyright © 2026 Vivek Narayanan.