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311 points melodyogonna | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 11:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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_aavaa_ ◴[05 Sep 25 12:43 UTC] No.45137852[source]▶
Yeah, except Mojo’s license is a non-starter.
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auggierose ◴[05 Sep 25 12:51 UTC] No.45137932[source]▶
Wow, just checked it out, and they distinguish (for commercial purposes) between CPU & Nvidia on one hand, and other "accelerators" (like TPU or AMD) on the other hand. For other accelerators you need to contact them for a license.

https://www.modular.com/blog/a-new-simpler-license-for-max-a...

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_aavaa_ ◴[05 Sep 25 13:01 UTC] No.45138026[source]▶
Yes; in particular see sections 2-4 of [0].

They say they'll open source in 2026 [1]. But until that has happened I'm operating under the assumption that it won't happen.

[0]: https://www.modular.com/legal/community

[1]: https://docs.modular.com/mojo/faq/#will-mojo-be-open-sourced

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1. actionfromafar ◴[05 Sep 25 13:23 UTC] No.45138283[source]▶
Same