alt Hacker News> This code repository and the model weights are licensed under the MIT License. DeepSeek-R1 series support commercial use, allow for any modifications and derivative works, including, but not limited to, distillation for training other LLMs.
Wow. They’re really trying to undercut closed source LLMs
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martinsnow • 01/20/2025
Giving the hammer to Microsoft is always appreciated in my book
buyucu • 01/20/2025
good
The ceo:
> In the face of disruptive technologies, moats created by closed source are temporary. Even OpenAI’s closed source approach can’t prevent others from catching up. So we anchor our value in our team — our colleagues grow through this process, accumulate know-how, and form an organization and culture capable of innovation. That’s our moat.