Attachment A prohibits eleven specific categories of use, including military applications, exploitation of minors, generation of false or harassing content, dissemination of personal identifiable information without authorization, fully automated decision-making adversely affecting legal rights, and discriminatory applications targeting protected characteristics.
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These restrictions must be incorporated as enforceable provisions in any downstream license agreement governing redistribution of the model or its derivatives, as required by Section 4(a), creating a compliance obligation that propagates through the entire distribution chain.
Interpretive note: Several restriction categories, including 'inappropriate content subject to applicable regulatory requirements' and 'unreasonable use' of personal identifiable information, contain terms whose scope depends on jurisdiction-specific regulatory definitions, creating interpretive ambiguity in application.
This provision establishes prohibited use categories that apply to all licensees and must be passed through to downstream users in redistribution scenarios. The prohibition on fully automated decision-making adversely affecting legal rights and discriminatory applications aligns with EU AI Act prohibited practices and GDPR Article 22 requirements.
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Compare across platforms →"You agree not to use the Model or Derivatives of the Model: In any way that violates any applicable national or international law or regulation or infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of any third party; For military use in any way; For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way; To generate or disseminate verifiably false information and/or content with the purpose of harming others; To generate or disseminate inappropriate content subject to applicable regulatory requirements; To generate or disseminate personal identifiable information without due authorization or for unreasonable use; To defame, disparage or otherwise harass others; For fully automated decision making that adversely impacts an individual's legal rights or otherwise creates or modifies a binding, enforceable obligation; For any use intended to or which has the effect of discriminating against or harming individuals or groups based on online or offline social behavior or known or predicted personal or personality characteristics; To exploit any of the vulnerabilities of a specific group of persons based on their age, social, physical or mental characteristics, in order to materially distort the behavior of a person pertaining to that group in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm; For any use intended to or which has the effect of discriminating against individuals or groups based on legally protected characteristics or categories.Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Attachment A's restrictions engage the EU AI Act (prohibited AI practices including manipulation of vulnerable groups and biometric categorization for discriminatory purposes), GDPR Article 22 (automated individual decision-making), COPPA (exploitation of minors), …
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These restrictions must be incorporated as enforceable provisions in any downstream license agreement governing redistribution of the model or its derivatives, as required by Section 4(a), creating a compliance obligation that propagates through the entire distribution chain.
This provision establishes prohibited use categories that apply to all licensees and must be passed through to downstream users in redistribution scenarios. The prohibition on fully automated decision-making adversely affecting legal rights and discriminatory applications aligns with EU AI Act prohibited practices and GDPR Article 22 requirements.
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