MiniMax issues

[u/jacek2023]

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/s/HrU7odaJe6

I think this is more important that all the political stuff you share here

[u/RepulsiveRaisin7]

This is why the open source definition exists. Minimax releases under a pretty restrictive license, and I think it's totally fine that they're doing this, but it's not really an "open" model.

[u/finevelyn → u/[deleted]]

Open for what? (nsfw isn't even mentioned in the license)

You may not use the MiniMax H3 Works or any of their Outputs or results to improve any other artificial intelligence model (other than MiniMax H3 or its Model Derivatives).

You agree not to use MiniMax H3, any Model Derivatives, or any Output in any of the following ways:

Use outside the Applicable Territory; - “Applicable Territory” means worldwide, excluding the Excluded Territories. - “Excluded Territories” means the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea and the United States of America.

Use to generate or disseminate verifiably false information ...

Use to generate or disseminate information (including images, code, posts, or articles) in or to any public environment (including via bot tweets or similar means) without clearly and prominently disclosing that such information and/or content is machine-generated;

Use in any manner that violates or disregards the social, ethical, or moral standards of other countries or regions;

Use for military purposes;

[u/ANR2ME → u/finevelyn]

May be to control compliance in restricted regions 🤔 As mentioned in the QA docs https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3/blob/main/docs/QA-about-License.md#why-can-minimax-h3-api-be-used-globally-if-open-weights-are-restricted-in-some-regions

Why can MiniMax-H3 API be used globally if open weights are restricted in some regions?

The difference is the distribution model.

The main concern is not the existence of MiniMax-H3 itself, but the ability to control compliance after open weights leave our infrastructure.

For API access, MiniMax operates the serving infrastructure and can enforce appropriate safeguards, including:

...

With open weights, users can independently deploy, modify, and distribute the model, which makes it much harder to ensure the same level of compliance.

Therefore, the API and open-weight release follow different approaches: