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July 26, 2026 01:00 UTC
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July 28, 2026 00:57 UTC
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DeepSeek's MIT License file was restructured in an update detected on July 28, 2026. The license removed supplementary explanatory text that described permitted uses, limitations, and conditions in plain language, as well as a disclaimer that the summary was not legal advice. The core MIT License text itself remains unchanged, but the supporting documentation and metadata navigation elements were simplified or removed.
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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 15 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.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 14 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) · 1.04 KB main Breadcrumbs DeepSeek-R1 / LICENSE Copy path Top File metadata and controls Code Blame 21 lines (17 loc) · 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.
3Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.Removed
4Permissions Commercial use Modification Distribution Private use Limitations Liability Warranty Conditions License and copyright notice This is not legal advice.Removed
5Learn more about repository licenses Latest commit stack-heap-overflow Release DeepSeek-R1 Jan 20, 2025 23807ce · Jan 20, 2025 History History Open commit details History 21 lines (17 loc) · 1.04 KB Breadcrumbs DeepSeek-R1 / LICENSE Copy path Top File metadata and controls Code Blame 21 lines (17 loc) · 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.Removed
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 214IN 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.
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