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DeepSeek updated its DeepSeek-R1 repository license documentation in an update detected on July 22, 2026. The change added clarifying language about the MIT License permissions and limitations, explicitly stating that 'Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.' The underlying MIT License terms themselves remained substantively unchanged, but the updated page now includes structured summaries of permissions (commercial use, modification, distribution, private use), limitations (liability, warranty), and conditions (license and copyright notice), along with a disclaimer that 'This is not legal advice.'
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2Please reload this page . deepseek-ai / DeepSeek-R1 Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 11.7k Star 92k Code Issues 19 Pull requests 24 Actions Projects Security and quality 0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Projects Security and quality Insights Files Expand file tree main Breadcrumbs DeepSeek-R1 / LICENSE Copy path Blame More file actions Blame More file actions Latest commit History History History 21 lines (17 loc) 路 1.04 KB main Breadcrumbs DeepSeek-R1 / LICENSE Copy path Top File metadata and controls Code Blame 21 lines (17 loc) 路 1.04 KB Raw Copy raw file Download raw file Open symbols panel Edit and raw actions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 MIT License Copyright (c) 2023 DeepSeek Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.2Please reload this page . deepseek-ai / DeepSeek-R1 Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 11.7k Star 92k Code Issues 19 Pull requests 24 Actions Projects Security and quality 0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Projects Security and quality Insights Collapse file tree Files main Search this repository (forward slash) forward slash / .github figures DeepSeek_R1.pdf LICENSE README.md Breadcrumbs DeepSeek-R1 / LICENSE Copy path Blame More file actions Blame More file actions deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 is licensed under the MIT License A short and simple permissive license with conditions only requiring preservation of copyright and license notices.
3Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
4Permissions Commercial use Modification Distribution Private use Limitations Liability Warranty Conditions License and copyright notice This is not legal advice.
5Learn more about repository licenses Latest commit stack-heap-overflow Release DeepSeek-R1 Jan 20, 2025 23807ce 路 Jan 20, 2025 History History Open commit details History 21 lines (17 loc) 路 1.04 KB Breadcrumbs DeepSeek-R1 / LICENSE Copy path Top File metadata and controls Code Blame 21 lines (17 loc) 路 1.04 KB Raw Copy raw file Download raw file You must be signed in to make or propose changes More edit options Open symbols panel Edit and raw actions MIT License Copyright (c) 2023 DeepSeek Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
4IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.7IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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