Can I use a Hugging Face model commercially?

Short answer: An Apache-2.0 model, deployed commercially: Yes. A Llama 3.1 model: Yes. An OpenRAIL-M model (Stable Diffusion family): Yes.

Each model card states its own license. Pass the model URL as source_url and Rightshold reads the declared license.

An Apache-2.0 model, deployed commercially: Yes

License: Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0, curated)

• Every use you described is granted by Apache 2.0, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: attribution, license_notice, state_changes

A Llama 3.1 model: Yes

License: Llama 3.1 Community License Agreement (LicenseRef-Llama-3.1-Community, curated)

• Every use you described is granted by Llama 3.1 Community, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: attribution, license_notice, acceptable_use_policy, model_name_prefix, user_threshold

An OpenRAIL-M model (Stable Diffusion family): Yes

License: CreativeML Open RAIL-M License (LicenseRef-CreativeML-OpenRAIL-M, curated)

• Every use you described is granted by CreativeML OpenRAIL-M, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: license_notice, state_changes, use_restrictions, pass_on_restrictions

Context

• Fine-tunes inherit the base model's license; check the base model named on the card.

Sources

• Hugging Face: licenses

Check it yourself (free, no key)

{
  "tool": "check_license",
  "arguments": {
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "intended_use": {
      "commercial_use": true,
      "deployment": true
    }
  }
}

Computed from Rightshold's license profiles; not legal advice. Updated 2026-10-19. JSON · Markdown