Qwen

Restricted

Tongyi Qianwen License Agreement

Alibaba's license for Qwen models. Allows commercial use for organizations under 100M monthly active users.

Commercial use restricted

This license does not allow unrestricted commercial use. Check the conditions below.

What you can do

Research use

use freely for academic and research purposes

Modification

fine-tune, modify, and create derivative works

Distribution

redistribute with license terms included

Commercial use

free for organizations with <100M monthly active users

Conditions

License notice

include the license in all distributions

Scale limit

organizations exceeding 100M MAU must request permission from Alibaba

Acceptable use

must comply with applicable laws and Alibaba's usage policies

Attribution

credit Alibaba as the model creator

What you cannot do

Large-scale deployment

organizations exceeding 100M MAU need Alibaba's permission

Harmful use

cannot use for illegal, harmful, or deceptive purposes

Trademark use

does not grant rights to Alibaba's trademarks

Liability

Alibaba disclaims all liability

Warranty

provided "as is" without warranty

NOTE — Most Qwen models (Qwen 2.5 <72B, Qwen 3) use Apache 2.0. This license applies mainly to Qwen 2.5 72B.

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Models using this license (1)

Qwen 2.5 72B

Alibaba · 72B

This is a simplified summary for informational purposes only. It is not legal advice. Always read the full license text before making decisions about using a model in your project.