“If required, 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.”
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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.
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.
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"If required, 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
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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.
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.
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