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Hugging Face · Hugging Face Model Card Guidelines · View original document ↗

Custom license requires name and link fields

Medium severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 273 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

How must a custom license be specified?
Hugging Face requires that a custom license be specified by adding 'other' as the license value and providing both a name and a link to the license in the metadata.
What must be provided when adding 'other' as the license value?
Hugging Face requires that a custom license be specified by adding 'other' as the license value and providing both a name and a link to the license in the metadata.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Both the name and the link are required fields for a custom license; omitting either would mean the custom license is not properly specified under Hugging Face's guidelines.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1423 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If you use a custom license, you must supply both its name and a link to it in the metadata alongside the 'other' license value.

How other platforms handle this

Amazon Associates Medium

You will include a date/time stamp adjacent to your display of pricing or availability information on your application if you obtain Product Advertising Content from Data Feeds, or if you call Creators API, PA API or refresh the Product Advertising Content...less frequently than hourly.

Tinder Medium

Consistent with applicable law, you understand and agree that Tinder may not share information with you regarding your account termination if doing so would potentially impair the safety or privacy of other users.

Skillshare Medium

within the Services, all discussion boards, groups, or other public forums available to participants are publicly visible to other participants.

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you can also specify a custom license by adding other as the license value and specifying the name and a link to the license in the metadata.

Excerpt from Hugging Face's Model Card Guidelines

Provision details

Document information
Document
Hugging Face Model Card Guidelines
Entity
Hugging Face
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-064790
Document ID
CA-D-00842
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
761f69a9d232f03c9a5687a54a0727406e3e8fd9f091bdb8e1cc1239e4ab3ce9
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:06 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Hugging Face
Document: Hugging Face Model Card Guidelines
Record ID: CA-P-064790
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:06:03 UTC
SHA-256: 761f69a9d232f03c…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hugging-face/hugging-face-model-card-guidelines/provision/CA-P-064790/custom-license-requires-name-and-link-fields/
Accessed: Aug. 19, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Hugging Face's Custom license requires name and link fields clause do?

Both the name and the link are required fields for a custom license; omitting either would mean the custom license is not properly specified under Hugging Face's guidelines.

How does this clause affect you?

If you use a custom license, you must supply both its name and a link to it in the metadata alongside the 'other' license value.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 273 platforms. See the full comparison.

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