By uploading content to Hugging Face, you give the company a worldwide license to use, copy, display, distribute, and create derivative works from your content in order to operate the platform and its services.
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This license covers derivative works creation, meaning Hugging Face may modify or build upon uploaded content as part of service operation, within the scope permitted by these Terms and the Privacy Policy.
Interpretive note: The full scope of permitted uses is not self-contained in this clause; it incorporates the Privacy Policy by reference, requiring cross-document review to assess complete authorized use.
Content uploaded to Hugging Face, including models, datasets, code, and other materials, is subject to a worldwide, royalty-free license granted to the company for service operation and as otherwise permitted under the Terms and Privacy Policy.
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"You hereby grant us a worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, display, publish, reproduce, distribute, and make derivative works of such Content to provide Services and as otherwise permitted under these Terms and our Privacy Policy.Excerpt from Hugging Face's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR for EU/EEA users where content includes personal data, as the license grant to Hugging Face may constitute processing under GDPR and requires an appropriate lawful basis.
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This license covers derivative works creation, meaning Hugging Face may modify or build upon uploaded content as part of service operation, within the scope permitted by these Terms and the Privacy Policy.
Content uploaded to Hugging Face, including models, datasets, code, and other materials, is subject to a worldwide, royalty-free license granted to the company for service operation and as otherwise permitted under the Terms and Privacy Policy.
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