🚀Using ModelGo Licenses

There are nine variations of ModelGo licenses, categorized from the most to the least permissive. They are grouped into Permissive Licenses, Conditional Permissive Licenses, and Stringent Licenses. Please select the one that best suits your needs.

Permissive

These licenses are sublicensable and irrevocable, with almost no restrictions applied to the derivatives.

MG0

License Full Name	ModelGo Zero License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG0-2.0
Tags	Permissive, Sublicensable, Irrevocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensee
Purposes	Publishing models with almost no restrictions except for the terms regarding Warranty, Liability, and Termination. Recipients may remove your attribution info but may not remove the license info.

ModelGo/MG_licenses/V2/MG0-2.0.txt at main · Xtra-Computing/ModelGoGitHub

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Zero License, Version 2.0 (MG0-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG0-2.0.txt

MG-BY

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-2.0
Tags	Permissive, Sublicensable, Irrevocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensee
Purposes	Further to the provisions of MG0, recipients should retain all attribution info and other notices from original work in their copies and derivatives, and a statement of modifications is also required.

ModelGo/MG_licenses/V2/MG-BY-2.0.txt at main · Xtra-Computing/ModelGoGitHub

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution License, Version 2.0 (MG-BY-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-BY-2.0.txt

Conditional Permissive

These licenses include some copyleft-style terms. Recipients can freely use and make derivatives as long as they comply with the specified conditional license terms of the original work.

MG-BY-OS

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution-OpenSource License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-OS-2.0
Tags	Copyleft, Disclose Source, Sublicensable, Irrevocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensee
Purposes	Publishing models with the requirement to open-source model weights, architectures, training and testing code/scripts, etc. (excluding data, system library, and open-source software) for all copies and subsequent derivatives.

ModelGo/MG_licenses/V2/MG-BY-OS-2.0.txt at main · Xtra-Computing/ModelGoGitHub

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution-OpenSource License, Version 2.0 (MG-BY-OS-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-BY-OS-2.0.txt

MG-BY-RAI

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution-ResponsibleAI License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-RAI-2.0
Tags	Weak Copyleft, Responsible AI, Sublicensable, GPL-Incompatible, Revocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensee
Purposes	Publishing models with the responsible use of AI terms (Annex B), which has been advocated by RAIL. Note that, by applying this license, all copies and subsequent derivatives will be restricted by these use-based restriction terms.

ModelGo/MG_licenses/V2/MG-BY-RAI-2.0.txt at main · Xtra-Computing/ModelGoGitHub

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution-ResponsibleAI License, Version 2.0 (MG-BY-RAI-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-BY-RAI-2.0.txt

Stringent

These licenses are non-free and contain strict redistribution restrictions, such as for non-commercial purposes only and/or prohibiting the sharing of derivatives of the original work. All rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) in any Derivative Materials shall automatically vest in and be owned by the Licensor.

MG-BY-NC

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution-NonCommercial License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-NC-2.0
Tags	No Commercial Use, Non-Sublicensable, GPL-Incompatible, Revocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensor
Purposes	Publishing models with no commercial prohibition means that any kind of commercial use (including SaaS) of original models and their derivatives, as well as the generated content thereof and complementary code and scripts, is not allowed. Please note that the rights granting of this license can be revoked.

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution-NonCommercial License, Version 2.0 (MG-BY-NC-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-BY-NC-2.0.txt

MG-BY-NC-RAI

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution-NonCommercial-ResponsibleAI License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-NC-RAI-2.0
Tags	Weak Copyleft, No Commercial Use, Responsible AI, GPL-Incompatible, Non-Sublicensable, Revocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensor
Purposes	Further to the provisions of MG-BY-NC, recipients should also comply with the responsible use of AI terms.

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution-NonCommercial-ResponsibleAI License, Version 2.0 (MG-NC-RAI-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-NC-RAI-2.0.txt

The NoDerivatives licensing options prohibit any kind of sharing of model outputs, derivative models, and their outputs. These licenses can be used as proprietary licenses.

MG-BY-ND

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution-NoDerivatives License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-ND-2.0
Tags	Proprietary, No Sharing Derivatives, Non-Sublicensable, Revocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensor
Purposes	Publishing models with sharing restrictions limited to the verbatim copy, prohibiting any kind of sharing of generated content, derivatives (including their outputs).

ModelGo/MG_licenses/V2/MG-BY-ND-2.0.txt at main · Xtra-Computing/ModelGoGitHub

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution-NoDerivatives License, Version 2.0 (MG-BY-ND-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-BY-ND-2.0.txt

MG-BY-NC-ND

License Full Name	ModelGo Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 2.0
Short Identifier	MG-BY-NC-ND-2.0
Tags	Proprietary, No Commercial Use, No Sharing Derivatives, Non-Sublicensable, Revocable
Who Owns Derivative Works	Licensor
Purposes	Further to the provisions of MG-BY-ND, any kind of commercial use (including SaaS) of original models and their derivatives, as well as the generated content thereof and complementary code and scripts, is not allowed.

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### Model License:

This model is licensed under the ModelGo Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, Version 2.0 (MG-BY-NC-ND-2.0);
you may use this model only in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://ids.nus.edu.sg/docs/modelgo/MG-BY-NC-ND-2.0.txt

How to Apply the ModelGo Licenses to Your Model

1

Upload MG License File

Download the license text file from the link above, rename it to LICENSE, place it in your Hugging Face project directory.

2

Declare MG License

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