Reddit users worry Qwen4 license: commercial use may need separate deal, output ownership unclear
No-Paper-557 · reddit · 2026-10-29
A Reddit user flags concern that Alibaba's shift from permissive OSS licenses to custom terms will carry into Qwen4. Two key catches: commercial MaaS or standalone coding/office assistants seemingly require a separate Qwen license from day one, with vague wording around outputs; and the internal-use clause bars making the model, its outputs, or capabilities available to third parties without clarifying whether downstream code/data derived indirectly from outputs is unrestricted. The $20M/month or 100M-MAU threshold is an attribution trigger, not a commercial-license threshold. Output ownership needs explicit coverage, the author argues.
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