The code is licensed [1] under the "Apple MIT" license [2], which is considered open-source. The weights are under a different, more restrictive license. This is mentioned at the bottom of the README.
It effectively prevents the community from using Apple's solution, but gives the Chinese everything they need to duplicate the results and push their own version.
I expect a Hunyuan-branded version of this model in six months. Probably with lots of improvements.
I'm all for Chinese model takeover if this is how US tech giants treat AI. You can't horde the flames forever, US hyperscalers.
The DoD ought to be advocating for a strong domestic open source stance to ensure our ecosystem doesn't get washed away. AI czar David Sacks has this view, but I suppose it's been falling on deaf ears when the hyperscalers crowd out the conversation.
This bugs the hell out of me, somehow these companies argue that training on all sort of content without is fine because reasons and then have the audacity to attach a new proprietary licence to it.
[1] https://github.com/apple/ml-sharp/blob/main/LICENSE
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/Apple_MIT_License