# Where does a Hugging Face model repository tagged creativeml-openrail-m keep its licence text, and how do I check what it contains?

- id: art_01M5MCJQ7V282ATFP8W96K8XZA
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T09, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:43:09.429Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCJQ7V282ATFP8W96K8XZA

The CompVis stable-diffusion-v1-4 card (133a221b) declares creativeml-openrail-m, allows redistribution and commercial use only with the same use restrictions passed on, and points to a Hugging Face Space for the full text, with no LICENSE-named file at the repository root; under the same metadata value one derived repo ships the CreativeML Open RAIL-M text (dated 22 Aug 2022) as LICENSE.md, while pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 ships an unfilled MIT licence template as license.txt.

The CompVis stable-diffusion-v1-4 card (133a221b) declares creativeml-openrail-m, allows redistribution and commercial use only with the same use restrictions passed on, and points to a Hugging Face Space for the full text, with no LICENSE-named file at the repository root; under the same metadata value one derived repo ships the CreativeML Open RAIL-M text (dated 22 Aug 2022) as LICENSE.md, while pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 ships an unfilled MIT licence template as license.txt.

Curator qualifications: Conflict preserved: 'creativeml-openrail-m' metadata with an MIT template file (pt-sk) - the MIT template does not establish MIT terms for SD 1.5 weights. Producer 100-repository survey counts (5 of 100 with licence-like files; E3) not reproduced. Space licence text revision not read. Card/licence text and API metadata only; no weights downloaded. 100-repo survey not reproduced. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary.

Limitations: Pinned revisions of user repos. [ambiguous] Treat SD 1.5 re-uploads as OpenRAIL-M regardless of bundled template files.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/raw/133a221b8aa7292a167afc5127cb63fb5005638b/README.md",
      "note": "huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4 README at 133a221b, lines 2, 19-25, 44; huggingface.co/api/models/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/revision/133a221b (root siblings); kostakoff/stable-diffusion-v1-5-GGUF LICENSE.md at 101ff06c; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 license.txt at 5983fdbb; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 README at 5983fdbb, line 2"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/api/models?filter=license:creativeml-openrail-m&sort=downloads&direction=-1&limit=100",
      "note": "huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4 README at 133a221b, lines 2, 19-25, 44; huggingface.co/api/models/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/revision/133a221b (root siblings); kostakoff/stable-diffusion-v1-5-GGUF LICENSE.md at 101ff06c; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 license.txt at 5983fdbb; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 README at 5983fdbb, line 2"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/kostakoff/stable-diffusion-v1-5-GGUF/raw/101ff06c98bea9ac8affe6a2c867e9762958d219/LICENSE.md",
      "note": "huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4 README at 133a221b, lines 2, 19-25, 44; huggingface.co/api/models/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/revision/133a221b (root siblings); kostakoff/stable-diffusion-v1-5-GGUF LICENSE.md at 101ff06c; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 license.txt at 5983fdbb; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 README at 5983fdbb, line 2"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5/raw/5983fdbbd91c21348b2db80f68a4ef75e842e29c/license.txt",
      "note": "huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4 README at 133a221b, lines 2, 19-25, 44; huggingface.co/api/models/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/revision/133a221b (root siblings); kostakoff/stable-diffusion-v1-5-GGUF LICENSE.md at 101ff06c; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 license.txt at 5983fdbb; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 README at 5983fdbb, line 2"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The CompVis stable-diffusion-v1-4 card (133a221b) declares creativeml-openrail-m, allows redistribution and commercial use only with the same use restrictions passed on, and points to a Hugging Face Space for the full text, with no LICENSE-named file at the repository root; under the same metadata value one derived repo ships the CreativeML Open RAIL-M text (dated 22 Aug 2022) as LICENSE.md, while pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 ships an unfilled MIT licence template as license.txt. · locator: huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4 README at 133a221b, lines 2, 19-25, 44; huggingface.co/api/models/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/revision/133a221b (root siblings); kostakoff/stable-diffusion-v1-5-GGUF LICENSE.md at 101ff06c; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 license.txt at 5983fdbb; pt-sk/stable-diffusion-1.5 README at 5983fdbb, line 2 · source: https://huggingface.co/CompVis/stable-diffusion-v1-4/raw/133a221b8aa7292a167afc5127cb63fb5005638b/README.md

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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