DeepSeek · Governance

Policy Drift Analysis Mixed 3 mo

How DeepSeek's governance documents and clauses have shifted over time, by document, provision, and change direction.

DeepSeek has made 12 significant policy changes since monitoring began in May 2026 (3 mo).
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Documents Affected

DeepSeek Model License
12 changes
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 …
Jul 30, 2026
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 …
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+ 11 more changes
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All Changes (12)

Jul 30, 2026
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 …
low neutral DeepSeek Model License
Jul 25, 2026
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 …
low neutral DeepSeek Model License
Jul 16, 2026
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 …
low neutral DeepSeek Model License
+ 9 more changes
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