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Qwen Image 2.1

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jfoster · 1789913791 · focus · HN ↗
A lot of the previous Qwen models seem to have used Apache licenses, among others:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwen#List_of_models" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwen#List_of_models
Unfortunately, it looks like this model is using a much more restrictive license:
<a href="https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1/blob/main/LICENSE" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1/blob/main/LICENSE
1. unrented7977 · 1789915980 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm willing to bet a nonzero amount of its training material is GPL, so I'll treat it as GPL licensed instead and use it however the fuck I want.
  If AI labs get to ignore licenses, so do we.
  1. urbnspacecowboy · 1789937390 · focus · HN ↗
    > I'm willing to bet a nonzero amount of its training material is GPL
    Image data?
    > GPL licensed instead and use it however the fuck I want
    GPL is not a "use it however the fuck I want" license. Maybe you're thinking of the WTFPL?
    kouteiheika · 1789956995 · focus · HN ↗
    > GPL is not a "use it however the fuck I want" license. Maybe you're thinking of the WTFPL?
    No. GPL is a "use it however the fuck you want" license. The GPL has no restrictions on *use*, only on redistribution.
    a96 · 1789978010 · focus · HN ↗
    Yes, having no restrictions on use is the first and most critical software freedom. The others are there more to help protect the first (IMO). GPL in particular tries to reach quite far to protect all of them.
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition

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