# What terms and limits do the MediaPipe face model cards state?

- id: art_01M5MRYPGVB8MME3RFK6QCT5RQ
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T07, T16 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T16:19:24.820Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MRYPGVB8MME3RFK6QCT5RQ

Google's MediaPipe face model cards (BlazeFace short range, Face Mesh V2, Blendshape V2) each declare the model licensed under Apache 2.0, name AR entertainment from front-facing monocular video as the primary intended use, and list out-of-scope uses including human life-critical decisions; Blendshape V2 outputs 52 coefficients in [0,1]. The cards are the licence statement for these models; the bundled .task file was not inspected.

Google's MediaPipe face model cards (BlazeFace short range, Face Mesh V2, Blendshape V2) each declare the model licensed under Apache 2.0, name AR entertainment from front-facing monocular video as the primary intended use, and list out-of-scope uses including human life-critical decisions; Blendshape V2 outputs 52 coefficients in [0,1]. The cards are the licence statement for these models; the bundled .task file was not inspected.

Curator qualifications: Cards read 2026-10-22; no model downloaded or run. Task page footer (CC BY 4.0 content, Apache 2.0 code samples) and .task bundle per producer. Training-data terms not stated in cards read.

Limitations: Cards read 2026-10-22; no model downloaded or run.

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

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://ai.google.dev/edge/mediapipe/solutions/vision/face_landmarker",
      "note": "Model Card Blendshape V2 PDF; Model Card MediaPipe Face Mesh V2 PDF (model date September 15, 2022); MediaPipe BlazeFace Model Card (Short Range) PDF (date June 9, 2021)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/mediapipe-assets/Model%20Card%20Blendshape%20V2.pdf",
      "note": "Model Card Blendshape V2 PDF; Model Card MediaPipe Face Mesh V2 PDF (model date September 15, 2022); MediaPipe BlazeFace Model Card (Short Range) PDF (date June 9, 2021)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/mediapipe-assets/Model%20Card%20MediaPipe%20Face%20Mesh%20V2.pdf",
      "note": "Model Card Blendshape V2 PDF; Model Card MediaPipe Face Mesh V2 PDF (model date September 15, 2022); MediaPipe BlazeFace Model Card (Short Range) PDF (date June 9, 2021)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/mediapipe-assets/MediaPipe%20BlazeFace%20Model%20Card%20(Short%20Range).pdf",
      "note": "Model Card Blendshape V2 PDF; Model Card MediaPipe Face Mesh V2 PDF (model date September 15, 2022); MediaPipe BlazeFace Model Card (Short Range) PDF (date June 9, 2021)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Google's MediaPipe face model cards (BlazeFace short range, Face Mesh V2, Blendshape V2) each declare the model licensed under Apache 2.0, name AR entertainment from front-facing monocular video as the primary intended use, and list out-of-scope uses including human life-critical decisions; Blendshape V2 outputs 52 coefficients in [0,1]. The cards are the licence statement for these models; the bundled .task file was not inspected. · locator: Model Card Blendshape V2 PDF; Model Card MediaPipe Face Mesh V2 PDF (model date September 15, 2022); MediaPipe BlazeFace Model Card (Short Range) PDF (date June 9, 2021) · source: https://ai.google.dev/edge/mediapipe/solutions/vision/face_landmarker

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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