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Potential Inconsistencies Between Repo and Model License #55

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@yueyangchen1

Hi, while reviewing the licenses for this repository and the model it depends on, I noticed a potential inconsistency that could cause confusion or legal risks in some situations.

Your repository uses the kalpeshk2011/instruct-llama-7b-wdiff at factscore/download_data.py, which is licensed under cc by-nc 4.0.
This license includes the requirement:

"Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, the Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in part, for NonCommercial purposes only; andproduce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material for NonCommercial purposes only"

However, your repository license mit includes the requirement:

"Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,"

As a result, developers might assume that commercial use is permitted under the mit license.However, since that model is licensed under cc by-nc 4.0, commercial use is not allowed, which could unintentionally lead to license non-compliance if developers are unaware of the model’s more restrictive terms.

Suggested Actions:
1.You might consider adding a brief note in the README, LICENSE, or a separate NOTICE file to clarify the model’s license requirements (e.g., commercial use).
2.It could be helpful to include a reference to the model license and summarize any key obligations, so developers are aware of them.
3.You may want to gently remind users that, in some cases, they should check both the repository license and the model license, especially when redistributing or modifying the model.

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