Google releases Gemma 4 under Apache 2.0 — and that license change may matter more than benchmarks

As some Chinese AI labs (most notably Alibaba’s latest Qwen models, Qwen3.5 Omni and Qwen 3.6 Plus) have begun pulling back ...

Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

Like past versions of its open-weight models, Google has designed Gemma 4 to be usable on local machines. That can mean ...

Google's Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI - even on phones

Google's Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI - even on phones ...

Google releases its most powerful open-source AI models yet, that's free to use commercially

Google's Gemma 4 is its most powerful open-source model family to date. It beats rivals 20x its size, runs locally on ...
ZDNet

Microsoft releases source code under an Apache license

Microsoft has released the source code for the Web Sandbox runtime created by its Live Labs team under the Apache 2.0 license. Microsoft released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build of the ...
Decrypt

Google Jumps Back Into the Open Source AI Race With Gemma 4

Google drops Gemma 4, a family of open models under the Apache 2.0 license, just as the U.S. open-source scene badly needed a ...
SD Times

How the Apache License allows open source to thrive

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...
Network World

Microsoft uses Apache License for open source Outlook tools

Microsoft has released two open source tools on CodePlex that let developers more easily create apps for Outlook PST files. Those tools are not only open source, they’ve been released under the Apache ...
CNET

GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility

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