Can I ship Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code in a commercial product?
Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code is declared under CC Attribution-NonCommercial. Here is the instant quick check.
Direct answer: Blocked. The declared license prohibits commercial use. Shipping this model in a commercial product is not permitted. Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code is declared under CC Attribution-NonCommercial on the Hugging Face Hub; the LICENSIA quick check reviewed 5 metadata signals and found 4 clean and 1 flagged. A separate commercial license from the provider is required before any commercial deployment. This automated summary is informational only — not legal advice; verify against the official repository before shipping.
Free quick check — 5 of 12 rules
| Rule | Status | What the metadata says |
|---|---|---|
| License identification RULE_METADATA_001 |
✓ clean | Identified as CC Attribution-NonCommercial. |
| Non-commercial restriction RULE_NONCOMMERCIAL_RESTRICTION_004 |
⚠ flagged | The declared license prohibits commercial use. A separate commercial license from the provider would be required. |
| Copyleft / viral obligations RULE_COPYLEFT_VIRAL_005 |
✓ clean | No copyleft or share-alike obligation detected in the declared license. |
| Community license terms RULE_LLAMA_COMMUNITY_TERMS_006 |
✓ clean | No provider community terms detected in the declared license. |
| Use-restriction policy RULE_OPENRAIL_RESTRICTIONS_007 |
✓ clean | No OpenRAIL-style behavioral restrictions detected in the declared license. |
- Standalone LICENSE file presence
- Metadata vs. documentation contradiction
- Restrictive upstream base model
- Training dataset contamination
- Revision not pinned
- Upstream license laundering
- High-risk license clauses
Model facts
| Model | Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code |
|---|---|
| Declared license | CC Attribution-NonCommercial (cc-by-nc-4.0) |
| Task | text-generation |
| Library | transformers |
| Downloads (30 days) | 73 |
| Likes | 7 |
| Last updated | Nov 17, 2023 |
| Source | official repository on Hugging Face |
| Tags | transformers pytorch llama text-generation text-generation-inference |
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code commercially?
No. Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code is declared under CC Attribution-NonCommercial, which prohibits commercial use. Shipping this model in a commercial product is not permitted without a separate commercial license from the provider.
What license is Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code released under?
Public metadata declares CC Attribution-NonCommercial (license tag: cc-by-nc-4.0). The license files inside the official repository are the authoritative source.
Does Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code require attribution?
Attribution is required under CC Attribution-NonCommercial: keep the copyright notice and license text in your product or documentation.
Can I fine-tune Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code and sell a product built on it?
No. The declared license of Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code (CC Attribution-NonCommercial) restricts commercial deployment, and that restriction extends to products built on it.
Can I offer a SaaS or API service built on Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code?
No. CC Attribution-NonCommercial prohibits commercial deployment, and offering a paid service built on Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code counts as commercial use.
Can I redistribute Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code or its weights?
Yes. Redistribution is permitted under CC Attribution-NonCommercial, provided the license text and copyright notice are reproduced and downstream recipients receive the same terms.
Does CC Attribution-NonCommercial grant patents or trademarks?
Copyright only. CC Attribution-NonCommercial does not grant patent rights (Apache-2.0 is the notable exception). Trademark rights are generally reserved by the authors.
Is this page a legal opinion?
No. LICENSIA generates automated summaries from public metadata for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace reading the official license or consulting qualified counsel.
How Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code compares within the CC Attribution-NonCommercial family
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|---|---|---|---|
| Serveurperso/YuE2-GGUF | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 7,003,117 |
| ProsusAI/finbert | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 3,920,644 |
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| audeering/wav2vec2-large-robust-24-ft-age-gender | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 2,305,705 |
| E-MIMIC/inclusively-reformulation-it5 | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 2,045,833 |
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From the license text: “You may not use the material for commercial purposes.” — CC BY-NC 4.0 deed
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- Non-commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution (non-commercial)
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LICENSE (or LICENSE.md, LICENSE.txt) file at the root.README.md for any additional acceptable-use policy, distribution notice, or downstream requirement beyond the SPDX tag.NOTICES, ATTRIBUTION, or third_party_licenses file, plan to reproduce those notices verbatim in your product.Sources and citations
Statistics. Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code is one of 1,000,000+ open AI models indexed by LICENSIA, with 73 downloads and 7 likes on the Hugging Face Hub. This quick check returned 4/5 metadata signals clean.
Authoritative source. The license declaration is summarized from the official Undi95/Nous-Hermes-13B-Code repository on Hugging Face. The SPDX identifier cc-by-nc-4.0 is canonically defined at spdx.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-4.0.
Verdict quote: The declared license prohibits commercial use. Shipping this model in a commercial product is not permitted.
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