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Whisper LICENSE file (openai/whisper, MIT License)

GitHub (openai/whisper), 2022

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Read on October 17, 2026

What it is
The license file in OpenAI's public Whisper repository. It is the MIT License, copyright OpenAI, 2022, and it grants permission to use, copy and modify the software free of charge.
How much weight it carries
The license text itself, which is the primary source for the license terms. It covers the code and does not say anything about the model weights beyond the repository's own statements.
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