I saw some external datasets with GPL3 license and might consider using them. But are those also considered publicly and freely available for use in Kaggle competitions? I am more concerned about the GPL3 license.
", "messages": [ { "id": "3318533", "postDate": "11/11/2025 08:13:12", "content": "I saw some external datasets with GPL3 license and might consider using them. But are those also considered publicly and freely available for use in Kaggle competitions? I am more concerned about the GPL3 license.
", "rawMarkdown": "I saw some external datasets with GPL3 license and might consider using them. But are those also considered publicly and freely available for use in Kaggle competitions? I am more concerned about the GPL3 license.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3319592", "postDate": "11/11/2025 22:13:59", "content": "@martynaplomecka Hi Martyna, could you please help to check this? Thanks
", "rawMarkdown": "martynaplomecka Hi Martyna, could you please help to check this? Thanks", "votes": null }, { "id": "3322386", "postDate": "11/13/2025 13:48:37", "content": "Hi there - we're not allowed to make legal interpretations of competition rules or licenses for you. Note, however, that \"copyleft\" licenses typically require that modifications be released under the same license as the original dataset.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi there - we're not allowed to make legal interpretations of competition rules or licenses for you. Note, however, that \"copyleft\" licenses typically require that modifications be released under the same license as the original dataset.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3328761", "postDate": "11/16/2025 02:01:19", "content": "can someone also tel the dino v3 license is ok . Ofcourse until organizers tell its tought todeduce and know if it is https://huggingface.co/facebook/dinov3-vitb16-pretrain-lvd1689m/blob/main/LICENSE.md
", "rawMarkdown": "can someone also tel the dino v3 license is ok . Ofcourse until organizers tell its tought todeduce and know if it is https://huggingface.co/facebook/dinov3-vitb16-pretrain-lvd1689m/blob/main/LICENSE.md", "votes": null }, { "id": "3330045", "postDate": "11/16/2025 07:25:36", "content": "Thanks for the reply
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the reply", "votes": null }, { "id": "3335203", "postDate": "11/17/2025 20:10:41", "content": "i was wondering the same..
", "rawMarkdown": "i was wondering the same..", "votes": null }, { "id": "3370734", "postDate": "12/11/2025 04:26:31", "content": "Hi @addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro , Can you please clarify if DINOv3 is allowed?\nDINOv3's license is not OSI-approved. Rule 3.6. requires OSI-approved licenses, but Rule 2.5. mentions exceptions for pretrained models with incompatible licenses.\nCan you please give a clear YES or NO: Can we use DINOv3 in this competition?
\nLicense reference: https://github.com/facebookresearch/dinov3/blob/main/LICENSE.md
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi @addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro , Can you please clarify if DINOv3 is allowed?\nDINOv3's license is not OSI-approved. Rule 3.6. requires OSI-approved licenses, but Rule 2.5. mentions exceptions for pretrained models with incompatible licenses.\nCan you please give a clear YES or NO: Can we use DINOv3 in this competition?\n\nLicense reference: https://github.com/facebookresearch/dinov3/blob/main/LICENSE.md", "votes": null }, { "id": "3371477", "postDate": "12/11/2025 13:50:09", "content": "Hi there - Kaggle is not allowed to make legal interpretations of model licenses for rule compliance.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi there - Kaggle is not allowed to make legal interpretations of model licenses for rule compliance.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3371715", "postDate": "12/11/2025 16:05:07", "content": "\nAt the end of the competition WHO does make the determination if a winner has used a model that complies with the rules?
", "rawMarkdown": "[Addison](https://www.kaggle.com/addisonhoward)\n\nAt the end of the competition WHO does make the determination if a winner has used a model that complies with the rules?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3372393", "postDate": "12/12/2025 02:13:27", "content": "@addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro\nI understand Kaggle can't make legal interpretations, but someone from Kaggle staff or CSIRO should clarify this as soon as possible.\nThere are multiple participants asking about DINOv3 (see comments from @gauravbrills , @nicolraganato , and others). If it's not allowed, people will find out at the end that they're disqualified and wasted weeks of work.\nDetermining if a specific model license is valid for competition rules isn't a complex legal interpretation - it's a straightforward policy decision that could save participants significant time and effort.\nCan someone with authority please give us a clear answer?
", "rawMarkdown": "addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro\nI understand Kaggle can't make legal interpretations, but someone from Kaggle staff or CSIRO should clarify this as soon as possible.\nThere are multiple participants asking about DINOv3 (see comments from @gauravbrills , @nicolraganato , and others). If it's not allowed, people will find out at the end that they're disqualified and wasted weeks of work.\nDetermining if a specific model license is valid for competition rules isn't a complex legal interpretation - it's a straightforward policy decision that could save participants significant time and effort.\nCan someone with authority please give us a clear answer?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3372447", "postDate": "12/12/2025 03:04:22", "content": "100% agree . Else say all timm HF models are allowed
", "rawMarkdown": "100% agree . Else say all timm HF models are allowed", "votes": null }, { "id": "3376863", "postDate": "12/15/2025 09:46:02", "content": "Now a public notebook has been shared which scores 0.68 and uses dinov3: https://www.kaggle.com/code/antonoof/silver-medal-0-68-score-csiro-ensemble
\nMany participants have already copied and submitted the notebook. It would be unfair not to clarify now whether Dinov3 can be used as it would become a matter of \"those who took the risk win medals/prizes\" at the end of the competition.
", "rawMarkdown": "Now a public notebook has been shared which scores 0.68 and uses dinov3: https://www.kaggle.com/code/antonoof/silver-medal-0-68-score-csiro-ensemble\n\nMany participants have already copied and submitted the notebook. It would be unfair not to clarify now whether Dinov3 can be used as it would become a matter of \"those who took the risk win medals/prizes\" at the end of the competition.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3376930", "postDate": "12/15/2025 12:40:52", "content": "It's definitely one of the most important models that the hosts must bring some clarification for. \n@qiyuliaocsiro Sorry to mention you but it would be very beneficial for everyone if you can clarify the usage of DInov3 models. Thanks a lot.
", "rawMarkdown": "It's definitely one of the most important models that the hosts must bring some clarification for. \n@qiyuliaocsiro Sorry to mention you but it would be very beneficial for everyone if you can clarify the usage of DInov3 models. Thanks a lot.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377219", "postDate": "12/16/2025 00:01:16", "content": "The competition hosts have just confirmed that GPL3 data and the DINOv3 model are permitted for use in this competition. \n@gauravbrills @pcjimmmy @jeannkouagou @addisonhoward @komilparmar @nicolraganato @shindeshivam
", "rawMarkdown": "The competition hosts have just confirmed that GPL3 data and the DINOv3 model are permitted for use in this competition. \n@gauravbrills @pcjimmmy @jeannkouagou @addisonhoward @komilparmar @nicolraganato @shindeshivam", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377269", "postDate": "12/16/2025 01:48:55", "content": "Thank you so much @qiyuliaocsiro ! Really appreciate you getting this clarified from the hosts. This helps all of us compete with confidence. 🙏
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you so much @qiyuliaocsiro ! Really appreciate you getting this clarified from the hosts. This helps all of us compete with confidence. 🙏", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377318", "postDate": "12/16/2025 04:30:42", "content": "Great news 💥
", "rawMarkdown": "Great news 💥", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377354", "postDate": "12/16/2025 06:51:59", "content": "Thanks for clarifying this
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for clarifying this", "votes": null }, { "id": "3383024", "postDate": "12/29/2025 06:58:10", "content": "I'm delighted to hear this news.
", "rawMarkdown": "I'm delighted to hear this news.", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 3319592, "author_name": "qiyuliaocsiro", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/11/2025 22:13:59", "content": "@martynaplomecka Hi Martyna, could you please help to check this? Thanks
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3322386, "author_name": "addisonhoward", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/13/2025 13:48:37", "content": "Hi there - we're not allowed to make legal interpretations of competition rules or licenses for you. Note, however, that \"copyleft\" licenses typically require that modifications be released under the same license as the original dataset.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3330045, "author_name": "jeannkouagou", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/16/2025 07:25:36", "content": "Thanks for the reply
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3370734, "author_name": "shindeshivam", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/11/2025 04:26:31", "content": "Hi @addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro , Can you please clarify if DINOv3 is allowed?\nDINOv3's license is not OSI-approved. Rule 3.6. requires OSI-approved licenses, but Rule 2.5. mentions exceptions for pretrained models with incompatible licenses.\nCan you please give a clear YES or NO: Can we use DINOv3 in this competition?
\nLicense reference: https://github.com/facebookresearch/dinov3/blob/main/LICENSE.md
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3371477, "author_name": "addisonhoward", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/11/2025 13:50:09", "content": "Hi there - Kaggle is not allowed to make legal interpretations of model licenses for rule compliance.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3371715, "author_name": "pcjimmmy", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/11/2025 16:05:07", "content": "\nAt the end of the competition WHO does make the determination if a winner has used a model that complies with the rules?
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3372393, "author_name": "shindeshivam", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/12/2025 02:13:27", "content": "@addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro\nI understand Kaggle can't make legal interpretations, but someone from Kaggle staff or CSIRO should clarify this as soon as possible.\nThere are multiple participants asking about DINOv3 (see comments from @gauravbrills , @nicolraganato , and others). If it's not allowed, people will find out at the end that they're disqualified and wasted weeks of work.\nDetermining if a specific model license is valid for competition rules isn't a complex legal interpretation - it's a straightforward policy decision that could save participants significant time and effort.\nCan someone with authority please give us a clear answer?
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3372447, "author_name": "gauravbrills", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/12/2025 03:04:22", "content": "100% agree . Else say all timm HF models are allowed
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": 3328761, "author_name": "gauravbrills", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/16/2025 02:01:19", "content": "can someone also tel the dino v3 license is ok . Ofcourse until organizers tell its tought todeduce and know if it is https://huggingface.co/facebook/dinov3-vitb16-pretrain-lvd1689m/blob/main/LICENSE.md
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3335203, "author_name": "nicolraganato", "author_url": "", "post_date": "11/17/2025 20:10:41", "content": "i was wondering the same..
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3376930, "author_name": "komilparmar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/15/2025 12:40:52", "content": "It's definitely one of the most important models that the hosts must bring some clarification for. \n@qiyuliaocsiro Sorry to mention you but it would be very beneficial for everyone if you can clarify the usage of DInov3 models. Thanks a lot.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3376863, "author_name": "jeannkouagou", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/15/2025 09:46:02", "content": "Now a public notebook has been shared which scores 0.68 and uses dinov3: https://www.kaggle.com/code/antonoof/silver-medal-0-68-score-csiro-ensemble
\nMany participants have already copied and submitted the notebook. It would be unfair not to clarify now whether Dinov3 can be used as it would become a matter of \"those who took the risk win medals/prizes\" at the end of the competition.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3377219, "author_name": "qiyuliaocsiro", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2025 00:01:16", "content": "The competition hosts have just confirmed that GPL3 data and the DINOv3 model are permitted for use in this competition. \n@gauravbrills @pcjimmmy @jeannkouagou @addisonhoward @komilparmar @nicolraganato @shindeshivam
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3377269, "author_name": "shindeshivam", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2025 01:48:55", "content": "Thank you so much @qiyuliaocsiro ! Really appreciate you getting this clarified from the hosts. This helps all of us compete with confidence. 🙏
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3377318, "author_name": "gauravbrills", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2025 04:30:42", "content": "Great news 💥
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3377354, "author_name": "jeannkouagou", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2025 06:51:59", "content": "Thanks for clarifying this
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3383024, "author_name": "jiazhuang", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/29/2025 06:58:10", "content": "I'm delighted to hear this news.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "3318533": "I saw some external datasets with GPL3 license and might consider using them. But are those also considered publicly and freely available for use in Kaggle competitions? I am more concerned about the GPL3 license.", "3319592": "martynaplomecka Hi Martyna, could you please help to check this? Thanks", "3322386": "Hi there - we're not allowed to make legal interpretations of competition rules or licenses for you. Note, however, that \"copyleft\" licenses typically require that modifications be released under the same license as the original dataset.", "3328761": "can someone also tel the dino v3 license is ok . Ofcourse until organizers tell its tought todeduce and know if it is https://huggingface.co/facebook/dinov3-vitb16-pretrain-lvd1689m/blob/main/LICENSE.md", "3330045": "Thanks for the reply", "3335203": "i was wondering the same..", "3370734": "Hi @addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro , Can you please clarify if DINOv3 is allowed?\nDINOv3's license is not OSI-approved. Rule 3.6. requires OSI-approved licenses, but Rule 2.5. mentions exceptions for pretrained models with incompatible licenses.\nCan you please give a clear YES or NO: Can we use DINOv3 in this competition?\n\nLicense reference: https://github.com/facebookresearch/dinov3/blob/main/LICENSE.md", "3371477": "Hi there - Kaggle is not allowed to make legal interpretations of model licenses for rule compliance.", "3371715": "[Addison](https://www.kaggle.com/addisonhoward)\n\nAt the end of the competition WHO does make the determination if a winner has used a model that complies with the rules?", "3372393": "addisonhoward @qiyuliaocsiro\nI understand Kaggle can't make legal interpretations, but someone from Kaggle staff or CSIRO should clarify this as soon as possible.\nThere are multiple participants asking about DINOv3 (see comments from @gauravbrills , @nicolraganato , and others). If it's not allowed, people will find out at the end that they're disqualified and wasted weeks of work.\nDetermining if a specific model license is valid for competition rules isn't a complex legal interpretation - it's a straightforward policy decision that could save participants significant time and effort.\nCan someone with authority please give us a clear answer?", "3372447": "100% agree . Else say all timm HF models are allowed", "3376863": "Now a public notebook has been shared which scores 0.68 and uses dinov3: https://www.kaggle.com/code/antonoof/silver-medal-0-68-score-csiro-ensemble\n\nMany participants have already copied and submitted the notebook. It would be unfair not to clarify now whether Dinov3 can be used as it would become a matter of \"those who took the risk win medals/prizes\" at the end of the competition.", "3376930": "It's definitely one of the most important models that the hosts must bring some clarification for. \n@qiyuliaocsiro Sorry to mention you but it would be very beneficial for everyone if you can clarify the usage of DInov3 models. Thanks a lot.", "3377219": "The competition hosts have just confirmed that GPL3 data and the DINOv3 model are permitted for use in this competition. \n@gauravbrills @pcjimmmy @jeannkouagou @addisonhoward @komilparmar @nicolraganato @shindeshivam", "3377269": "Thank you so much @qiyuliaocsiro ! Really appreciate you getting this clarified from the hosts. This helps all of us compete with confidence. 🙏", "3377318": "Great news 💥", "3377354": "Thanks for clarifying this", "3383024": "I'm delighted to hear this news." }, "source": "meta" }