Qwen Research License
A proprietary research license established by Alibaba for the Qwen series of models; it permits free downloading, research, evaluation of weights and commercial use of generated content, but restricts direct commercial deployment of the model itself as a commercial product or service.
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Qwen Image 2.1 uses the Qwen Research License, a proprietary research license that opens the weights but restricts direct commercialization.
The Qwen Research License prohibits selling the model itself as a commercial product or service, bundling and distributing it, or using it as part of commercial infrastructure, and a separate commercial license must be applied for.
The Qwen Research License allows training LoRA and freely publishing LoRA under the agreement, but LoRA licenses cannot be directly sold or distributed for a fee.
The Qwen Research License is fundamentally different from open-source licenses such as Apache 2.0 and MIT, and falls into the category of 'open weights but limited use.'
The model card for Qwen-Image 2.1 is labeled with the Qwen Research License.
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Qwen Image 2.1 uses the Qwen Research License, a proprietary research license that opens the weights but restricts direct commercialization.
50%UnverifiedThe Qwen Research License prohibits selling the model itself as a commercial product or service, bundling and distributing it, or using it as part of commercial infrastructure, and a separate commercial license must be applied for.
50%UnverifiedThe Qwen Research License allows training LoRA and freely publishing LoRA under the agreement, but LoRA licenses cannot be directly sold or distributed for a fee.
50%UnverifiedThe Qwen Research License is fundamentally different from open-source licenses such as Apache 2.0 and MIT, and falls into the category of 'open weights but limited use.'
50%UnverifiedThe model card for Qwen-Image 2.1 is labeled with the Qwen Research License.
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