48,975 Hugging Face models claim apache-2.0 despite restricted ancestors
A graph analysis of 3.16M Hugging Face models in FalkorDB found 242,170 models inherit restrictive licenses (Llama, Gemma, Qwen, FLUX), and 48,975 of them declare apache-2.0 or MIT. 11,442 claim commercial use is allowed while an ancestor forbids it; 54% of the wrong labels trace to Unsloth's save.py template.
- 48,975 models labeled apache-2.0/MIT inherit restrictive ancestor licenses
- 11,442 of them permit commercial use that an ancestor license forbids
- 54% of wrong labels come from Unsloth's save.py template
- Only 346 of the 48,975 ship any license or notice file
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