Kimi-K3’s license is free for self-hosting, but clouds must share profits
scaling01 · x · 2026-07-28
A repost calls Kimi-K3’s license “funny,” quoting the clause that it is free if you run it yourself, but cloud providers reselling it for money should share profits.
The post is less about model performance and more about the licensing terms around open weights, especially the attempt to distinguish self-hosted use from commercial cloud redistribution.
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