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It seems like the sort of things you would require so that HuggingFace doesn't get roped in as defendants in lawsuits related to things that others do with the

It seems like the sort of things you would require so that HuggingFace doesn't get roped in as defendants in lawsuits related to things that others do with the code. So if for example someone builds something that generates medical advice and gets sued for violating FDA requirements or damages or whatever then HuggingFace can say that was not something they allowed in the first place.

laverya 4y ago
Yeah it really reads like "we know people are going to do nasty things with this; we can't prevent that; please don't sue us over it" to me
- cercatrova 4y ago
  Indeed, it seems like a legal "wink wink, nudge nudge" sort of thing. Well, as long as I can run stuff on my own GPU, I'm satisfied.
- hedora 4y ago
  They really should have used blanket liability waiver text and left it at that. I’m sure someone will find a way to sue them anyway. It doesn’t even call out using this to create derivative works to avoid paying original authors copyright fees. On top of that, their logo is an obvious rip off of a Van Gogh. It seems clear they’re actively encouraging people to create similar works that infringe active copyrights. They should ask Kim Dotcom how that worked out for him.
  - ben_w 4y ago
    > On top of that, their logo is an obvious rip off of a Van Gogh. It seems clear they’re actively encouraging people to create similar works that infringe active copyrights. I don't think Van Gogh's works are under copyright any more. At least not directly, recent photos of them may be but that's the photos not the paintings that have a copyright.
digitallyfree 4y ago
I'm actually seeing these types of conditions becoming more common in software EULAs as well, as an boilerplate addon to the usual copyright notices and legal disclaimers. Don't have examples off the top of my head but I've seen clauses that this application may not be used for the enablement of violence, for discriminatory purposes, and so forth. It really is a CYA sort of thing.

laverya 4y ago

Yeah it really reads like "we know people are going to do nasty things with this; we can't prevent that; please don't sue us over it" to me

cercatrova 4y ago
Indeed, it seems like a legal "wink wink, nudge nudge" sort of thing. Well, as long as I can run stuff on my own GPU, I'm satisfied.
hedora 4y ago
They really should have used blanket liability waiver text and left it at that. I’m sure someone will find a way to sue them anyway. It doesn’t even call out using this to create derivative works to avoid paying original authors copyright fees. On top of that, their logo is an obvious rip off of a Van Gogh. It seems clear they’re actively encouraging people to create similar works that infringe active copyrights. They should ask Kim Dotcom how that worked out for him.
- ben_w 4y ago
  > On top of that, their logo is an obvious rip off of a Van Gogh. It seems clear they’re actively encouraging people to create similar works that infringe active copyrights. I don't think Van Gogh's works are under copyright any more. At least not directly, recent photos of them may be but that's the photos not the paintings that have a copyright.

digitallyfree 4y ago

I'm actually seeing these types of conditions becoming more common in software EULAs as well, as an boilerplate addon to the usual copyright notices and legal disclaimers. Don't have examples off the top of my head but I've seen clauses that this application may not be used for the enablement of violence, for discriminatory purposes, and so forth. It really is a CYA sort of thing.