License

Qwen License

Tongyi Qianwen licence. Permissive for most uses; 100M+ MAU threshold for separate licence. Newer Qwen2.5 weights mostly Apache 2.0.

Commercial use

Yes

Modification

Yes

Redistribution

Yes

Attribution required

Yes

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FAQ

Can I use Qwen commercially?

Yes, with a similar pattern to Llama: a 100M MAU threshold above which a separate license is required. Note that smaller Qwen2.5 variants are released under Apache 2.0 and have no MAU cap.

Do I need to attribute?

Yes — preserve the license file and acknowledge Tongyi Qianwen / Alibaba in any redistribution.

1 model under this license

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

72B

The flagship Qwen 2.5 release. Competes with Llama 3.1 405B on many benchmarks at one-fifth the parameter count. Note the 72B specifically uses the Qwen License (commercial use up to 100M MAU) — the smaller Qwen2.5 sizes are Apache 2.0.

Context: 128K
License: qwen
VRAM Q4: 43.2 GB

Disclaimer: this summary is not legal advice. Read the actual license text before commercial deployment. Visit the comparison page to see all licenses side-by-side. — last reviewed 2026-06-08 · Open Source AI Models.