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General contract terms

Data use & AI training not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Suspension rights not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Termination not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Unilateral modification not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Governing law & disputes not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Liability caps & carveouts ✓ Quote verified against source

No liability; provided 'AS IS'. Authors not liable for any claim/damages; no cap or carveouts specified

“IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE”
Source: DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT) · fetched 2026-07-18

Output IP indemnification not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Model deprecation & version pinning not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Benchmarking & eval restrictions ✓ Quote verified against source

unrestricted (MIT imposes no use restrictions)

“to deal in the Software without restriction”
Source: DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT) · fetched 2026-07-18

No-compete-training clauses ✓ Quote verified against source

none (MIT permits unrestricted use, no training restriction)

“to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense”
Source: DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT) · fetched 2026-07-18

Model license ✓ Quote verified against source

MIT License

“MIT License”
Source: DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT) · fetched 2026-07-18

Assignment & financing clauses not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Data protection & privacy

International data transfer mechanism not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Data residency commitments not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Sub-processor transparency not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Government access commitments not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Retention & human review of content not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Accountability & transparency

Prohibited high-risk uses Quote not verified against source

not specified (MIT imposes no use restrictions)

Model documentation commitments not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Training data provenance statements not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Appeal & redress mechanisms not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

EU AI Act role allocation not addressed by this licence

Reviewed DeepSeek-R1 model license (MIT): no provision addresses this term.

Change history

No changes detected yet. The current snapshots are the baseline.

Extracted 2026-07-20 14:09 UTC with claude-opus-4-8.