Users critique Gemma license: vague prohibited-use policy and update obligations
qtnx_ · x · 2026-11-03
A user highlights two pain points in Google's Gemma license on Hugging Face: the prohibited-use policy is written in a fairly vague way, and licensees are expected to make an effort to keep up with Gemma updates. They also note that Gemma 4 shipping under Apache 2.0 would be genuinely nice, underscoring the gap between 'open-weight' licenses and true open-source terms.
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