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DeepSeek gives anyone who obtains the Software a free, unrestricted right to use, modify, distribute, sublicense, and sell it. The only requirement is that you keep the copyright and permission notices in any copies you distribute. DeepSeek makes no promises about the Software's quality or safety, and its authors and copyright holders accept no responsibility for any harm that arises from using it.
The DeepSeek Model License establishes a permissive, royalty-free grant to any person obtaining the Software, conveying unrestricted rights to use, sublicense, and sell copies without limitation. The single operative condition requires that the copyright notice and permission notice be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. DeepSeek disclaims all warranties of any kind, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement. DeepSeek's authors and copyright holders disclaim all liability for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from the Software across all legal theories, including contract and tort.
An individual user receives broad, free rights to use and redistribute the Software with virtually no restrictions. However, DeepSeek provides the Software entirely as-is, with no warranties of any kind, meaning users have no assurance that the Software is fit for any particular purpose or that it does not infringe third-party rights. DeepSeek's authors and copyright holders bear no liability for any damages of any kind arising from the Software, so users assume all risk of harm themselves. If a user distributes copies or substantial portions of the Software, they must include the required copyright and permission notices in those copies.
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38 important changes detected
40 versions captured · Last updated: August 2026
The detected change on July 30, 2026 shows minor metadata updates to DeepSeek's DeepSeek-R1 repository page (pull requests changed from 24 to 16, Issues changed from 14 to 16). The …
View change record →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, …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its DeepSeek-R1 repository license documentation in an update detected on July 26, 2026. The change added a structured summary of the MIT License terms, including explicit enumeration of …
View change record →A change was detected in DeepSeek's repository file metadata on July 25, 2026. The GitHub interface shows a minor update to issue tracking metadata: the issue count changed from 17 …
View change record →DeepSeek's MIT License file was updated in an update detected on July 24, 2026. Three sentences were removed, including language stating that 'Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be …
View change record →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 …
View change record →DeepSeek's MIT License file was updated in an update detected on July 20, 2026. Three sentences were removed from the repository display, including language describing how licensed works could be …
View change record →DeepSeek's MIT License repository page was updated to include standard license summary information and disclaimers. The change adds a summary statement that licensed works and modifications may be distributed under …
View change record →DeepSeek updated their DeepSeek-R1 model license on July 17, 2026. The update removed supplementary guidance text that explained license permissions, limitations, and conditions in simplified language, as well as a …
View change record →The detected change appears to be a technical update to a GitHub repository page for DeepSeek-R1, with minor metadata adjustments (Issues count changed from 21 to 22, Pull requests from …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its DeepSeek-R1 model license on July 11, 2026 by adding clarifying language about the MIT License terms under which the model is distributed. The updated license now explicitly …
View change record →DeepSeek's DeepSeek-R1 repository LICENSE file was updated on July 6, 2026. The document continues to be published under the MIT License with standard copyright and permission language. The detected change …
View change record →The detected change shows a single metadata update to the DeepSeek-R1 LICENSE file on GitHub: the issue count changed from 23 to 22. This is a repository metadata change, not …
View change record →The detected change shows a minor metadata update in DeepSeek's public repository interface: the pull request count changed from 25 to 23. This appears to be a repository housekeeping update, …
View change record →DeepSeek modified the MIT License file documentation on its DeepSeek-R1 repository on June 29, 2026. The change removed supplementary explanatory text that described common permissions and limitations of the MIT …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its DeepSeek-R1 model license file on June 28, 2026 to add summary language clarifying that the MIT License permits commercial use, modification, distribution, and private use, with conditions …
View change record →DeepSeek's GitHub repository page for the DeepSeek-R1 model experienced a technical display error on June 25, 2026, causing the LICENSE file view to show an error message rather than the …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the LICENSE file for DeepSeek-R1 on June 21, 2026 by adding clarifications to the MIT License display. The updated document now includes a statement that licensed works, modifications, …
View change record →The provided diff context shows identical MIT License text in both the before and after versions. No substantive change to the DeepSeek Model License terms was detected in the available …
View change record →The provided diff context shows nearly identical MIT License text before and after the detected change on June 16, 2026. The only observable difference appears to be a metadata change …
View change record →DeepSeek removed supplementary explanatory text from their MIT License file on June 13, 2026. The license itself—a standard open-source permissive license granting rights to use, modify, and distribute the software—remains …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the public repository display of its MIT License for the DeepSeek-R1 model on June 11, 2026. The change added informational text to the GitHub license page clarifying that …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its MIT License file on June 11, 2026 by removing supplementary documentation and clarifications that previously appeared alongside the standard MIT license text. The change removes three sentences …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its GitHub repository license page on June 9, 2026 to add clarifying language about the MIT License terms. The changes added three sentences stating that licensed works and …
View change record →DeepSeek removed three sentences from their DeepSeek-R1 license file on June 8, 2026. The removed text included a statement that licensed works and modifications may be distributed under different terms …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its DeepSeek-R1 model license on June 2, 2026 by adding clarifying language on GitHub describing the MIT License terms. The updated license now includes explicit statements that licensed …
View change record →The detected change in the diff context shows only a metadata change in the GitHub repository: the pull request count changed from 18 to 20. The actual MIT License text …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the DeepSeek-R1 LICENSE file on May 29, 2026 by removing supplementary educational text and maintaining the core MIT License terms. The change removed a disclaimer note ('This is …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the LICENSE file for its DeepSeek-R1 model on May 27, 2026, adding explanatory language about the MIT License. The update inserted a summary stating that 'licensed works, modifications, …
View change record →DeepSeek modified its DeepSeek-R1 model LICENSE file on May 26, 2026 by removing three sentences of supplementary guidance text. The removed text included a statement about licensing flexibility ('Licensed works, …
View change record →DeepSeek updated its DeepSeek-R1 model license on May 25, 2026 to add clarifying language about the MIT License terms. The updated version now includes a summary statement that licensed works, …
View change record →The detected change shows only a minor, non-substantive difference in the GitHub repository metadata: the pull request count increased from 14 to 15 in the file view interface. The core …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the LICENSE file for its DeepSeek-R1 model on May 15, 2026. The change removed three sentences that previously appeared in the GitHub repository's LICENSE display: one sentence clarifying …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the GitHub repository page for its DeepSeek-R1 model license on May 14, 2026 to add summary language describing the MIT License terms. The update added three new sentences …
View change record →The detected change appears to be a metadata update in the GitHub repository interface (issue count changed from 17 to 16), not a substantive modification to the MIT License text …
View change record →DeepSeek updated the DeepSeek-R1 repository LICENSE file on May 13, 2026, removing three sentences of supplementary text while retaining the core MIT License terms. The removed text included a statement …
View change record →Every distinct legal provision identified in this document. Featured provisions appear above with analysis.
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