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Users question Qwen 4 license terms amid shift from open-source

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Users are expressing concern over the licensing terms of Alibaba's Qwen models, particularly regarding potential shifts from permissive open-source licenses to more ambiguous custom licenses. The Qwen 3.8-Flash-Next model's license has raised questions about commercial use, output ownership, and restrictions on making model capabilities available to third parties. There is a desire for clarity on whether future models like Qwen 4 will adopt similar licensing, moving away from standard open-source agreements like Apache or MIT. AI

IMPACT Potential shifts in AI model licensing could impact commercial adoption and open-source development.

RANK_REASON User discussion and concern about licensing terms of a specific model.

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Users question Qwen 4 license terms amid shift from open-source

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/No-Paper-557 ·

    Worried about Qwen 4 License

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>After Alibaba moved from Permissive OSS licenses to its own custom license with IMO ambiguous terms in models like Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, is there any indication this will carry forward into Qwen4?</p> <p>While that license at first reads permissive…

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