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MiniMax M3.1 Flash: download is only part of shipping
MiniMax M3.1 Flash weights are downloadable, with a repository dated October 23. The published community license adds commercial attribution and notice or authorization requirements.
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Before you ship MiniMax, read its license. M three point one Flash is now downloadable. Its repository is dated October twenty-third, and its community license adds commercial conditions.
The model takes text, images and video and produces text. That makes it a candidate for coding and visual tasks. MiniMax reports performance gains; we have not independently tested them.
For commercial use, the published license requires prominent Built with MiniMax M three point one Flash attribution on a related website, interface or documentation. Downloadable does not mean attribution-free. The commercial clause also covers derivatives.
If the products or services generate more than twenty million U.S. dollars in yearly revenue, the terms require prior written authorization. Otherwise, commercial users must send a one-time notice. The threshold refers to those products and services.
Other conditions also apply. Before building a business around the model, read the complete license and plan for its requirements. Watch whether deployment tools make these conditions clear before businesses adopt it.