Can I ship facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors in a commercial product?
facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors is declared under CC Attribution-ShareAlike. Here is the instant quick check.
Direct answer: Review required. The declared license carries conditions (attribution, share-alike, thresholds or use policies) that require a documented review before shipping. facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors is declared under CC Attribution-ShareAlike on the Hugging Face Hub; the LICENSIA quick check reviewed 5 metadata signals and found 4 clean and 1 flagged. The declared conditions must be reviewed and documented before 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-ShareAlike. |
| Non-commercial restriction RULE_NONCOMMERCIAL_RESTRICTION_004 |
✓ clean | No non-commercial clause detected in the declared license. |
| Copyleft / viral obligations RULE_COPYLEFT_VIRAL_005 |
⚠ flagged | Copyleft or share-alike duties apply: distributed derivatives must carry the same license (and for ND variants, modified versions cannot be distributed at all). |
| 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 | facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors |
|---|---|
| Declared license | CC Attribution-ShareAlike (cc-by-sa-3.0) |
| Task | feature-extraction |
| Library | fasttext |
| Downloads (30 days) | 204 |
| Likes | 0 |
| Last updated | Jun 3, 2023 |
| Source | official repository on Hugging Face |
| Tags | fasttext feature-extraction tl |
Frequently asked questions
Can I use facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors commercially?
Conditionally. facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors is declared under CC Attribution-ShareAlike: Share-alike: adaptations must be distributed under the same license. The conditions must be reviewed and documented before commercial deployment.
What license is facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors released under?
Public metadata declares CC Attribution-ShareAlike (license tag: cc-by-sa-3.0). The license files inside the official repository are the authoritative source.
Does facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors require attribution?
Attribution is required under CC Attribution-ShareAlike: keep the copyright notice and license text in your product or documentation.
Can I fine-tune facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors and sell a product built on it?
Generally yes, provided the conditions of CC Attribution-ShareAlike are met for facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors — attribution, use policies and any user-scale thresholds. The fine-tuned weights remain subject to the original license terms unless separately granted.
Can I offer a SaaS or API service built on facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors?
Conditionally. If network copyleft (AGPL-style) applies, SaaS use can trigger source-disclosure duties; otherwise the CC Attribution-ShareAlike conditions for facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors must be reviewed and documented.
Can I redistribute facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors or its weights?
Yes. Redistribution is permitted under CC Attribution-ShareAlike, provided the license text and copyright notice are reproduced and downstream recipients receive the same terms.
Does CC Attribution-ShareAlike grant patents or trademarks?
Copyright only. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 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 facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors compares within the CC Attribution-ShareAlike family
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|---|---|---|---|
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About the CC Attribution-ShareAlike license family
CC-BY-SA requires derivatives to be licensed under the same terms.
From the license text: “If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.” — CC BY-SA 4.0 deed
What this license permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
What this license requires
- Attribution
- Same CC-BY-SA license for derivatives
Common pitfall
Derivative works must also be CC-BY-SA, similar to GPL but for content/data.
How to verify this license yourself
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. facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors is one of 1,000,000+ open AI models indexed by LICENSIA, with 204 downloads and 0 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 facebook/fasttext-tl-vectors repository on Hugging Face. The SPDX identifier cc-by-sa-3.0 is canonically defined at spdx.org/licenses/cc-by-sa-3.0.
Verdict quote: The declared license carries conditions (attribution, share-alike, thresholds or use policies) that require a documented review before shipping.
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