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This clause ensures that use-based restrictions cannot be stripped away by relicensing derivatives, preserving the floor of restrictions across the entire chain of downstream versions.
Anyone who receives a downstream derivative of the Model under a different license is still bound by at least the same use-based restrictions that appear in the original DeepSeek license.
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