ModelGo LicensesA Standard Way for Model Publishing

Flexible, standard licenses designed for AI models

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BYAttribution

Must give credit, retain attribution and license in copies and derivatives.

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NCNonCommercial

Must use and distribute for non-commercial purposes only.

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NDNoDerivatives

May not distribute any modified works based on the model.

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RAIResponsibleAI

Must comply with responsible use of AI terms.

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SAShareAlike

Must keep derivatives open source and apply the same license.

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Zero0 Conditions

Almost no restrictions. Maximum sharing and freedom.

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ModelGo licenses provide CreativeCommons-style licensing solutions to meet your specific needs in publishing AI models. The goal of ModelGo is to facilitate managed sharing of models while protecting Intellectual Property, striking a balance between openness and control.

Recent Updates

2026.2Revised MG0 and MG-BY and resubmitted them to

OSI. Withdrew MG-BY-SA as it may not be compatible with the Open Source Definition.

2025.9MG0, MG-BY, and MG-BY-SA have been submitted for

OSI approval.

2025.7ModelGo Licenses were presented as an oral talk at

2025.

2025.1ModelGo Licenses are now anchored at

NUS Institute of Data Science and

NUS Artificial Intelligence Institute.

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This graph visualizes model reuse behavior (model dependencies) in Hugging Face repositories. Each model is represented as a Purple node, while different-colored edges indicate various reuse methods, including Finetune, Adapter, Quantization, and Merge. From this graph, we can observe complex model dependencies.

Our vision is that as model reuse becomes increasingly prevalent, models published under different licenses may conflict with one another, leading to more repositories facing legal non-compliance issues. One of the missions of the ModelGo License is to promote a more standardized approach to model sharing. This work is presented as an oral talk at ICML 2025.

ModelGo LicensesA Standard Way for Model Publishing

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