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This clause defines the scope of licensing rights that attach automatically upon a Repository's public designation. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the license means the authorization persists regardless of subsequent account status changes, and the non-exclusive grant permits Hugging Face and other users to exercise these rights concurrently.
Users who set Repositories public authorize other users to perform specified uses of their content including reproduction, distribution, and derivative creation without further permission or compensation. The license grant applies to content placed in public Repositories and cannot be revoked once granted.
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