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The attribution requirement establishes a condition for lawful use of the Model in commercial or distributed products. Compliance with this notice provision is a binding obligation under the license terms that governs the scope of permitted use.
Interpretive note: The exact wording of the attribution requirement was not fully visible in the truncated document; the provision description is based on standard DeepSeek model license terms and may not reproduce verbatim text.
Users incorporating the Model into products or services are required to implement a specific attribution statement in both documentation and user-facing interface. Failure to include the required notice constitutes non-compliance with the license terms governing Model use.
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The attribution requirement establishes a condition for lawful use of the Model in commercial or distributed products. Compliance with this notice provision is a binding obligation under the license terms that governs the scope of permitted use.
Users incorporating the Model into products or services are required to implement a specific attribution statement in both documentation and user-facing interface. Failure to include the required notice constitutes non-compliance with the license terms governing Model use.
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