Provision record
Hugging Face · Hugging Face Terms of Service · View original document ↗

License Granted To Hugging Face For All Content

High confidence Common · 250 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What license must users grant Hugging Face to use their content?
“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...”
Version CA-V-002270, captured May 6, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Hugging Face requires users to grant it a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, display, publish, reproduce, distribute, and make derivative works of user content in order to provide the Services.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

Hugging Face obtains broad rights over user content, including the right to make derivative works, which extends beyond mere storage or display.

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Interpretive note: The excerpt may be part of a longer clause that specifies additional scope limitations or conditions not visible here.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

Content you submit to Hugging Face may be used, reproduced, distributed, and adapted by Hugging Face as part of providing its Services.

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The license granted to you for the App is a limited, non-transferable license to use the App on Mac product that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules that are part of the terms of service in the Mac App Store.

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Teladoc Health grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Platforms in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Customer hereby grants to Anyscale and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to process the Customer Property solely to the extent necessary to provide the Anyscale Services...

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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...

Excerpt from Hugging Face's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Hugging Face Terms of Service
Entity
Hugging Face
Date stated by the document
Sept. 15, 2022
As printed in Hugging Face’s text (version CA-V-002270), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-002270, captured May 6, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-038530
Document ID
CA-D-000331
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-002270)
c0fe3211a776da37756da8274c2d79bbfc2cd1f0d7a0be5b21b3b7e57251a68d
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 06:05 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-002270, captured May 6, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Hugging Face
Document: Hugging Face Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-038530
Version: CA-V-002270
Captured: 2026-05-06 09:24:56 UTC
SHA-256: c0fe3211a776da37…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hugging-face/hugging-face-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-038530/license-granted-to-hugging-face-for-all-content/
Accessed: Oct. 24, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Hugging Face's License Granted To Hugging Face For All Content clause do?

Hugging Face obtains broad rights over user content, including the right to make derivative works, which extends beyond mere storage or display.

How does this clause affect you?

Content you submit to Hugging Face may be used, reproduced, distributed, and adapted by Hugging Face as part of providing its Services.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 250 platforms. See the full comparison.

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