IllustrativeDNA must purchase a license for commercial use of Vahaduo tools.

Vahaduo tools are proprietary.

There is no obligation to choose a license and none of the Vahaduo tools come with a license included.

Source: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/licensing-a-repository

Also, none of the external libraries used forces the selection of a specific license:

Third-party_library_licenses.txt

In the absence of a license, the default law applies and the work is protected by copyright.

Source: https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/

If you wish to use such proprietary software, you must obtain a valid license.

Source: https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/

IllustrativeDNA claims to use its own solutions.

According to IllustrativeDNA, the calculations are performed on the fly by their new system.

Source: https://illustrativedna.com/october-2021-updates/

IllustrativeDNA considers all software it uses to be its intellectual property.

The irony is that they prohibit copying it for commercial purposes and threaten to sue anyone who dares to do so.

Source: https://illustrativedna.com/privacy-policy/

IllustrativeDNA claims that thanks to them, Vahaduo tools have become unnecessary.

On the 23andme subreddit, an IllustrativeDNA representative actively discouraged people from using Vahaduo tools.

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/szl56d/illustrative_dna_new_custom_model_feature_north/hy45p9m/

In fact, IllustrativeDNA uses Vahaduo tools.

Below are some code snippets that, while just the tip of the iceberg, prove that IllustrativeDNA is illegally using and distributing the code of the Vahaduo tools for commercial purposes.

AdmixtureJS:

CustomPCA:

G25Views:

Source: https://lab.illustrativedna.com/js/app.710717cc.js

https://lab.illustrativedna.com/js/app.710717cc.js.map

IllustrativeDNA’s financial details.

IllustrativeDNA has three shareholders (42.5%, 42.5% and 15% ownership, respectively).

IllustrativeDNA’s financial reports for 2021-2023 are publicly available.

IllustrativeDNA’s shareholders paid themselves €5928, €79592 and €121298 in salaries in 2021-2023, respectively.

Click to enlarge.

Source: https://ariregister.rik.ee/eng/company/16300262/ILLUSTRATIVEDNA-O%C3%9C

This brings the total to €206818 paid by the end of 2023.

Calculation of license cost for IllustrativeDNA.

I understand that IllustrativeDNA is not only about the tools used, but also about the large amount of work put into other aspects of the business . Therefore, I do not claim all the money earned, but only the proportion of it that would have accrued to me if I had been one of the large shareholders and the payouts would have been proportional to the amount of shares in the company.

Thus, the calculation is simple:

Amount of shares:

0.425 / (0.425 + 0.425 + 0.425 + 0.15) = 0.425 / 1.425 = 0.298245614

Value of shares (at the same time cost of licence for 2021-2023):

€206818 * 0.298245614 = €61682,561396252

Estimated licence cost for 2024: no less than €40000.