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This clause authorizes Hugging Face to use posted content operationally across the platform, including creating derivative works, which is relevant for contributors whose content may be incorporated into platform features or functionality.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'derivative works' in the context of an AI/ML platform is not defined in the document and may require evaluation against applicable copyright law and the Privacy Policy referenced for further scope.
The agreement authorizes Hugging Face to modify, suspend, or discontinue any service at any time without notice and without liability to users, which may affect access to hosted models, datasets, and inference endpoints. Content posted to public repositories is subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license granted to all platform users, meaning that once content is made public, that license cannot be withdrawn. You can set repositories to private to limit this public license grant, though Hugging Face retains its own service-operation license regardless of repository visibility.
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This clause authorizes Hugging Face to use posted content operationally across the platform, including creating derivative works, which is relevant for contributors whose content may be incorporated into platform features or functionality.
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