Open Source Models Shift to Non-Commercial and Revenue Sharing
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-01
Rising development costs are driving open-source model developers towards non-commercial licenses. Early revenue-sharing agreements on inference, like Kimi K3, are emerging. The next phase is expected to involve licensing for post-training, affecting companies like Cognition and Harvey.
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