Get the research letter
Companies change their terms quietly. We read every version and catch what actually changed. One email a week on the changes that matter and what they mean.
This page describes what the document states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology
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.
Which mapped governance frameworks each document engages, tied to the specific provisions that engage them.
19 important changes detected
59 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: October 2026
DeepSeek changed the text of its DeepSeek Model License.
View change record →The detected change in DeepSeek's repository appears to reflect only administrative updates to the GitHub project page (issue count changed from 11 to 10), not substantive changes to the MIT …
View change record →The change detected on August 21, 2026 involved a minor metadata update to the DeepSeek-R1 repository LICENSE file. The substantive MIT License text remained unchanged. The detected modification affected repository …
View change record →The detected change involves a minor update to the DeepSeek-R1 repository metadata on the GitHub interface. The 'Issues' count changed from 14 to 13, reflecting a routine adjustment in project …
View change record →The detected change in DeepSeek's repository metadata shows no substantive modification to the MIT License terms themselves. The document continues to be governed by the standard MIT License, which permits …
View change record →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 →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 →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'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'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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Every distinct legal provision identified in this document. Featured provisions appear above with analysis.
DeepSeek has updated this document before. Monitor includes same-day alerts, structured change summaries, and monitoring for up to 20 platforms.
Need provision-level monitoring and regulatory mapping? Insight includes governance timelines, drift analysis, and full provision tracking.
Cross-platform context
See how other platforms handle Authors Not Liable for Any Damages and similar clauses.
Compare across platforms →Governance Monitoring
Structured alerts for policy changes, governance events, and provision updates across 352+ platforms.