The license grants any person who obtains a copy of the software the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies, free of charge and without restriction, subject to the attribution condition.
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This provision establishes the broadest permissible grant under the MIT License framework, including explicit commercial use and sublicensing rights, which means organizations may integrate, redistribute, and monetize DeepSeek-R1 without licensing fees or further approval from DeepSeek.
Under this clause, any individual or organization may use DeepSeek-R1 for any purpose, including commercial deployment, without payment or restriction, provided the copyright notice condition is met.
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Compare across platforms →"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:Excerpt from DeepSeek's Model License
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This provision establishes the broadest permissible grant under the MIT License framework, including explicit commercial use and sublicensing rights, which means organizations may integrate, redistribute, and monetize DeepSeek-R1 without licensing fees or further approval from DeepSeek.
Under this clause, any individual or organization may use DeepSeek-R1 for any purpose, including commercial deployment, without payment or restriction, provided the copyright notice condition is met.
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