Apache 2.0
One of the most permissive open-source licenses in the industry. It allows free use, modification and distribution of the software, including for commercial purposes, does not require derivative works to be released under the same license, and includes a patent grant clause.
Core Facts
The MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses permit commercial use and closed-source modifications, the GPL requires derivative works to also be open-sourced, and the AGPL requires open-sourcing even when software is provided as a service over a network.
Gemma 4 adopts the Apache 2.0 license, allowing completely unrestricted commercial use
Both Kubernetes and TensorFlow adopt the Apache 2.0 open-source license.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Open-source license terms (such as the differences between Apache 2.0 and AGPL) directly affect whether a team can embed Reflex Agent into internal products, which is a step that must be verified during evaluation.
Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway built in Go, with its core under the Apache 2.0 license, and a paid enterprise edition offering identity management, high availability and support.
Mistral AI released the Ministral 3 series model weights under the Apache 2.0 license, including two Instruct versions, 3B and 8B, both available on Hugging Face.
The Apache 2.0 license covers the model weights and related code, but does not cover the training data or trademarks.
Gemma 4 12B, Qwen3.5 9B, and Ministral 3 8B all release their weights publicly under the Apache 2.0 license.
Statewave Guide is built on top of Statewave, which is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent memory runtime emphasizing governance and provenance, under the Apache 2.0 license.
Run:ai's core scheduling components may be released under Apache 2.0 or a similar permissive license, while the parts related to enterprise-grade support may retain a commercial option, which is an open-core model.
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B uses the Apache 2.0 license, supports a 32K token context and 1024-dimensional vectors, and in testing peaked at only 2.49 GiB of VRAM.
MausBot is open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, which allows commercial use, modification, distribution, and sublicensing, and includes a patent grant clause.
Reasonix has explicit commercial use terms under the Apache 2.0 license
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The MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses permit commercial use and closed-source modifications, the GPL requires derivative works to also be open-sourced, and the AGPL requires open-sourcing even when software is provided as a service over a network.
75%VerifiedGemma 4 adopts the Apache 2.0 license, allowing completely unrestricted commercial use
75%VerifiedBoth Kubernetes and TensorFlow adopt the Apache 2.0 open-source license.
70%VerifiedThe Apache 2.0 license allows users to freely use, modify, distribute, and commercialize models, with the only major requirement being to retain the original copyright notice and license text; it is more permissive than the community license previously used by the Meta Llama series, which imposed additional restrictions on companies with over 700 million monthly active users.
65%VerifiedQwen3.8-27B is licensed under Apache 2.0, fully free for commercial use, with no additional commercial use restrictions.
65%UnverifiedSim Studio采用Apache 2.0开源协议
95%Unverifiedpi-plugin-cc采用Apache 2.0许可证，允许在商业产品中自由使用、修改和分发
90%UnverifiedQwen 3.8 is a dense model using the Apache 2.0 license, with all 27.7B parameters fully activated.
60%UnverifiedMistral 7B uses the Apache 2.0 license and is widely regarded as closer to true open source in the genuine sense
60%UnverifiedQwen3 27B uses the Apache 2.0 license and is available on Hugging Face and the ModelScope community for free download, deployment, and commercial use.
60%UnverifiedQwen3.8-27B adopts open weights and the Apache 2.0 license.
60%UnverifiedQwen 3.8 27B adopts an open-weight model with permissive licenses such as Apache 2.0, allowing commercial use and derivative development.
60%UnverifiedClaude Code has been open-sourced on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license.
60%UnverifiedThe entire Granite 4.1 series adopts the Apache 2.0 open-source license
60%UnverifiedGemini CLI is hosted on GitHub and uses the Apache 2.0 open-source license.
60%UnverifiedLoneForge adopts the Apache 2.0 open-source license.
60%UnverifiedDyad is an AI full-stack application builder open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license.
60%UnverifiedOpen-source license terms (such as the differences between Apache 2.0 and AGPL) directly affect whether a team can embed Reflex Agent into internal products, which is a step that must be verified during evaluation.
50%UnverifiedBifrost is an open-source AI gateway built in Go, with its core under the Apache 2.0 license, and a paid enterprise edition offering identity management, high availability and support.
50%UnverifiedGemma 4 12B, Qwen3.5 9B, and Ministral 3 8B all release their weights publicly under the Apache 2.0 license.
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