Can I ship spacy/it_core_news_sm in a commercial product?
spacy/it_core_news_sm 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. spacy/it_core_news_sm 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 | spacy/it_core_news_sm |
|---|---|
| Declared license | CC Attribution-NonCommercial (cc-by-nc-sa-3.0) |
| Task | token-classification |
| Library | spacy |
| Downloads (30 days) | 34 |
| Likes | 2 |
| Last updated | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Source | official repository on Hugging Face |
| Tags | spacy token-classification it model-index |
Frequently asked questions
Can I use spacy/it_core_news_sm commercially?
No. spacy/it_core_news_sm 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 spacy/it_core_news_sm released under?
Public metadata declares CC Attribution-NonCommercial (license tag: cc-by-nc-sa-3.0). The license files inside the official repository are the authoritative source.
Does spacy/it_core_news_sm 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 spacy/it_core_news_sm and sell a product built on it?
No. The declared license of spacy/it_core_news_sm (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 spacy/it_core_news_sm?
No. CC Attribution-NonCommercial prohibits commercial deployment, and offering a paid service built on spacy/it_core_news_sm counts as commercial use.
Can I redistribute spacy/it_core_news_sm 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 spacy/it_core_news_sm compares within the CC Attribution-NonCommercial family
| Model | License family | Verdict | Downloads (30d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serveurperso/YuE2-GGUF | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 7,003,117 |
| ProsusAI/finbert | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 3,920,644 |
| MahmoudAshraf/mms-300m-1130-forced-aligner | CC Attribution-NonCommercial | Blocked | 2,331,726 |
| 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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About the CC Attribution-NonCommercial license family
CC-BY-NC permits reuse with attribution but NOT for commercial purposes.
From the license text: “You may not use the material for commercial purposes.” — CC BY-NC 4.0 deed
What this license permits
- Non-commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution (non-commercial)
What this license requires
- Attribution
Common pitfall
Any commercial use requires a separate commercial license from the rights holder.
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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. spacy/it_core_news_sm is one of 1,000,000+ open AI models indexed by LICENSIA, with 34 downloads and 2 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 spacy/it_core_news_sm repository on Hugging Face. The SPDX identifier cc-by-nc-sa-3.0 is canonically defined at spdx.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa-3.0.
Verdict quote: The declared license prohibits commercial use. Shipping this model in a commercial product is not permitted.
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