Google releases Gemma 4 under Apache 2.0 — and that license change may matter more than benchmarks
via huggingface.co
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For the past two years, enterprises evaluating open-weight models have faced an awkward trade-off. Google’s Gemma line consistently delivered strong performance, but its custom license — with usage restrictions and terms Google could update at will — pushed many teams toward Mistral or Alibaba’s Qwen instead. Legal review added friction. Compliance teams flagged edge cases. […]