Devs blast Gemma's vague license, want more 100-200M open models
qtnx_ · x · 2026-11-02
Developer qtnx criticizes the Gemma license: a vague 'prohibited use policy' and a clause requiring effort to keep Gemma updated. They also note the community lacks 100-200M models for experiments — the last release of that size was Gemma 3 270M, whose license isn't great — and hope Gemma 4 ships under Apache 2.0. Hugging Face's osanseviero followed up asking which license terms are the issue, highlighting community demand for small models and clearer licensing.
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