# Licensing

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## [About the Licensing category](https://forum.modular.com/t/about-the-licensing-category/769)

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**Author:** [@Caroline](https://forum.modular.com/u/Caroline)\
**Replies:** 0

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## [License compliance for a Python wheel that uses MAX](https://forum.modular.com/t/license-compliance-for-a-python-wheel-that-uses-max/3583)

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**Author:** [@maxchisto](https://forum.modular.com/u/maxchisto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/license-compliance-for-a-python-wheel-that-uses-max/3583 "2026-10-23T18:46:36Z")

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Dear Modular team, I’m building an inference plugin that builds on top of MAX, and plan to distribute it as a wheel on PyPI under Apache-2.0. My pyproject.toml lists max in \[project.dependencies\], so pip resolves and in…

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## [Open Source even after Qualcomm takeover?](https://forum.modular.com/t/open-source-even-after-qualcomm-takeover/3274)

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**Author:** [@Kausch](https://forum.modular.com/u/Kausch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/open-source-even-after-qualcomm-takeover/3274 "2026-06-24T18:27:08Z")

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Dear Modular team, Congratulations on an interesting and important news. I was a bit surprised and confused by it though as Qualcomm hasn’t had a pro open-source image so far. It is exciting from a hardware perspective…

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## [General Licensing Question](https://forum.modular.com/t/general-licensing-question/3079)

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**Author:** [@Synaptic724](https://forum.modular.com/u/Synaptic724)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/general-licensing-question/3079 "2026-05-18T18:09:54Z")

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Hey Modular Team, I just had a general question about how your license works. I am planning on releasing a AGPLv3 licensed OSS that will have its own proprietary business license under a dual license schema. I would lik…

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## [Is model building under the community license?](https://forum.modular.com/t/is-model-building-under-the-community-license/1115)

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**Author:** [@rubn](https://forum.modular.com/u/rubn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/is-model-building-under-the-community-license/1115 "2025-03-25T03:12:10Z")

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I am planning on building AI agents using a new framework written in Python and refined in Mojo. I’m not sure if I’ll make the framework itself public, but I’d like some agents to be freely available for self-hosting muc…