{
  "question": "Can I use Qwen License commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-qwen-license-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-qwen-license-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial use: Yes. Commercial use, modified and redistributed: Yes.",
  "framing": "Qwen License Agreement (Tongyi Qianwen) (LicenseRef-Qwen): Use, reproduce, modify and distribute the Qwen materials, including commercially, with attribution and the license passed on; above 100 million monthly active users you must request a separate license from Alibaba Cloud.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial use",
      "license": "LicenseRef-Qwen",
      "license_name": "Qwen License Agreement (Tongyi Qianwen)",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by Qwen License, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "user_threshold"
      ],
      "curation": "curated_provisional",
      "official_text": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct/blob/main/LICENSE"
    },
    {
      "label": "Commercial use, modified and redistributed",
      "license": "LicenseRef-Qwen",
      "license_name": "Qwen License Agreement (Tongyi Qianwen)",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "modification": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by Qwen License, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "user_threshold"
      ],
      "curation": "curated_provisional",
      "official_text": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct/blob/main/LICENSE"
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "Summary — verify against the official license text before relying on it: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct/blob/main/LICENSE",
    "Many Qwen releases are Apache-2.0 instead; this entry is the Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen) License Agreement used by some larger models. Check the model card."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Qwen License Agreement (Tongyi Qianwen): official text",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct/blob/main/LICENSE"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "LicenseRef-Qwen",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-19"
}