Kimi K3’s license may force most cloud resellers into revenue-sharing deals
firstadopter · x · 2026-07-28
A post argues that Kimi’s K3 license is not “really free open source” in practice.
- The comment says the $20M trailing-12-month revenue threshold is so low that most cloud/inference providers will qualify.
- That means platforms reselling K3 are likely to need a commercial, revenue-sharing deal with Kimi.
- The thread frames the license as a practical constraint on hyperscalers, neoclouds, and inference platforms rather than a clean open-source release.
Related event: Kimi K3 License Sparks Debate with $20M Commercial Threshold(14 posts)→
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