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Hi, I'd like to report a License Conflict in convergence-ai/proxy-lite-3b. I noticed this model was fine-tuned from Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-3B-Instruct, which is released under the Qwen RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT. From what I can see, HKUSTAudio/Llasa-3B is currently licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0, and that might not be compatible with the original license's requirements.

⚠️ Key violations of Qwen RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT:

Section 3 – Redistribution:
  • You must provide a copy of the Qwen license to all recipients
  • Must include a "NOTICE" file with the attribution text:
    "Qwen is licensed under the Qwen RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT, Copyright (c) Alibaba Cloud. All Rights Reserved."
  • You may add new terms **only if they are compatible** and do not conflict with the original agreement

Section 4.b – Attribution Requirement:
  • Any derivative model must prominently display:
    “Built with Qwen” or “Improved using Qwen”

Section 5.a – Ownership:
  • You’re totally free to make and publish your own modifications — but the original Qwen license still applies to any parts based on it, and it can’t be swapped out or replaced with something like CC BY-NC 4.0.

Changing the license from Qwen RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT to CC BY-NC 4.0 could unintentionally violate the original Qwen terms, especially since:

• Qwen's license requires specific attribution and legal notices
• It does not allow relicensing under incompatible terms
• The legal jurisdiction and disclaimer clauses are not transferable to CC BY-NC 4.0

They might both limit how the model’s used, but Qwen and CC BY-NC work in totally different ways — replacing one with the other could make it really unclear what’s actually allowed.

🔹 Friendly Suggestions😊:

To help keep things aligned with the original license, it might be worth:

✅ Adding the full Qwen Research License to the model card or repository

✅ Including a "NOTICE" file with the required attribution

✅ Clarifying that the model is a derivative of Qwen and follows its license

📝 Optionally noting any additional terms, as long as they don’t conflict with Qwen’s

Really appreciate the awesome work on Proxy-Lite — just raising this to help keep licensing clear for everyone building on top of it. 😊 Let me know if I misunderstood anything — happy to help clarify!

Thanks for your attention!