| Kimi K3 License |
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| Copyright (c) 2026 Moonshot AI |
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| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person (the "Licensee") |
| obtaining a copy of this software — including the model weights, parameters, |
| configuration files, inference and training code, and associated documentation |
| (collectively, the "Software") — to deal in the Software without restriction. |
| This includes, without limitation, the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, |
| publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software; to run, |
| deploy, fine-tune, or otherwise modify the Software and create derivative works |
| from it; and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, in |
| each case subject to the following conditions: |
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| 1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in |
| all copies or substantial portions of the Software. Licensee's use of the |
| Software must comply with applicable laws and regulations. |
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| 2. "Model as a Service" means giving a third party access to language model |
| inference or fine-tuning (e.g., via API) in a manner that allows such third |
| party to exercise meaningful control over the inputs, parameters, or training |
| data. This does not include (a) end-user products with model capabilities solely |
| embedded within specific features or harnesses, or (b) mere relaying of requests |
| to models hosted by others. |
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| If the Licensee or any of its affiliates operates a Model as a Service business, |
| and the aggregate revenue of the Licensee and its affiliates exceeds 20 million |
| US dollars (or the equivalent in other currencies) in total over any consecutive |
| 12 months, the Licensee must enter into a separate agreement with Moonshot AI |
| before using the Software or its derivative works for any commercial purpose. |
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| 3. If the Software (or any derivative works thereof) is used for any of the |
| Licensee's commercial products or services that have more than 100 million |
| monthly active users, or more than 20 million US dollars (or equivalent in other |
| currencies) in monthly revenue, "Kimi K3" must be prominently displayed on the |
| user interface of such product or service. |
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| 4. The requirements set forth in Sections 2 and 3 do not apply to: (a) internal |
| use of the Software, defined as any use that does not make the Software, its |
| outputs, or its underlying capabilities available to third parties; or (b) any |
| use of the Software accessed through Moonshot AI's official products or |
| certified inference partners. |
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| 5. THE SOFTWARE AND ANY OUTPUT AND RESULTS THEREFROM ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” |
| BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT |
| LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE |
| AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL MOONSHOT AI OR ITS AFFILIATES OR |
| COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER |
| IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN |
| CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
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| For any questions regarding this license, please contact <license@moonshot.ai>. |
