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Qwen Research License Agreement

Alibaba's research license for Qwen Image 2.1. Weights are open for research and evaluation; commercial use needs a separate license from Qwen.

Commercial use restricted

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

What you can do

Research use

use, copy and modify the model for research or evaluation

Modification

fine-tune and create derivative works for non-commercial purposes

Distribution

redistribute weights and derivatives under the same agreement

Private use

generate and edit images for personal, non-commercial projects

Conditions

Non-commercial only

commercial use requires a license from [email protected]

License notice

give recipients a copy of the agreement and keep the Qwen attribution notice

Attribution

models trained or improved with Qwen must display "Built with Qwen" or "Improved using Qwen"

Naming

do not use "Qwen" as the primary name of a derivative

What you cannot do

Commercial use

not permitted without a separate license

Trademark use

does not grant rights to Qwen trademarks

Liability

Alibaba disclaims all liability

Warranty

provided "as is" without warranty

NOTE — Unlike Qwen Image 2512 (Apache 2.0), Qwen Image 2.1 is research-only. Contact Qwen for commercial licensing.

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Models using this license(1)

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