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  "id": 559571,
  "title": "License of yolo",
  "url": "/competitions/czii-cryo-et-object-identification/discussion/559571",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-01-26T12:05:52.022792200Z",
  "votes": 8,
  "comment_count": 3,
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  "content": "<p>Hello,<br>\nI see a lot of notebooks using yolo from ultralytics, wich is a AGPL 3 license<br>\nI was asking myself if this was compatible with a winprize</p>",
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    {
      "id": "3107443",
      "postDate": "01/26/2025 12:05:52",
      "content": "<p>Hello,<br>\nI see a lot of notebooks using yolo from ultralytics, wich is a AGPL 3 license<br>\nI was asking myself if this was compatible with a winprize</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello,\nI see a lot of notebooks using yolo from ultralytics, wich is a AGPL 3 license\nI was asking myself if this was compatible with a winprize",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "3107532",
      "postDate": "01/26/2025 14:33:17",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing.<br>\nI also wonder if it might become unusable due to license issues.</p>\n<p>In previous object detection competition, kaggle staff made it clear but is it still valid in this competition ?<br>\nIt seems that they made yolov5 not allowed to use after public notebook was published.</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433#919074\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433#919074</a><br>\n  Thanks for the question, we've reviewed the rules and have clarified that the winning solution needs to fit the MIT license. <br>\n  Any data or code with a GPL license would not be allowed in the final solution.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4250230%2Fb60104571e5697c2ab0e72a690494ec0%2Fyolov5.png?generation=1737901923094024&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing.\nI also wonder if it might become unusable due to license issues.\n\nIn previous object detection competition, kaggle staff made it clear but is it still valid in this competition ?\nIt seems that they made yolov5 not allowed to use after public notebook was published.\n\n>https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433#919074\n>Thanks for the question, we've reviewed the rules and have clarified that the winning solution needs to fit the MIT license. \n>Any data or code with a GPL license would not be allowed in the final solution.\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4250230%2Fb60104571e5697c2ab0e72a690494ec0%2Fyolov5.png?generation=1737901923094024&alt=media)",
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    {
      "id": "3107536",
      "postDate": "01/26/2025 14:37:08",
      "content": "<p>People who are concerned about yolo's GPL license issues like this tend to use YOLOX with the Apache-2.0 license.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "People who are concerned about yolo's GPL license issues like this tend to use YOLOX with the Apache-2.0 license.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3112143",
      "postDate": "02/01/2025 01:55:20",
      "content": "<p>What should we do about the GPL(AGPL) license in this competition?(similar <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/czii-cryo-et-object-identification/discussion/560105\" target=\"_blank\">discussion</a>)</p>\n<p>Tagging hosts : <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/mylesoneill\" target=\"_blank\">@mylesoneill</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/maggiemd\" target=\"_blank\">@maggiemd</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/kharrington\" target=\"_blank\">@kharrington</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "What should we do about the GPL(AGPL) license in this competition?(similar [discussion](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/czii-cryo-et-object-identification/discussion/560105))\n\nTagging hosts : @mylesoneill @maggiemd @kharrington",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3107532,
      "author_name": "clearwaterkzk",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/26/2025 14:33:17",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing.<br>\nI also wonder if it might become unusable due to license issues.</p>\n<p>In previous object detection competition, kaggle staff made it clear but is it still valid in this competition ?<br>\nIt seems that they made yolov5 not allowed to use after public notebook was published.</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433#919074\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433#919074</a><br>\n  Thanks for the question, we've reviewed the rules and have clarified that the winning solution needs to fit the MIT license. <br>\n  Any data or code with a GPL license would not be allowed in the final solution.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4250230%2Fb60104571e5697c2ab0e72a690494ec0%2Fyolov5.png?generation=1737901923094024&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3107536,
          "author_name": "clearwaterkzk",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "01/26/2025 14:37:08",
          "content": "<p>People who are concerned about yolo's GPL license issues like this tend to use YOLOX with the Apache-2.0 license.</p>",
          "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 3112143,
      "author_name": "stgkrtua",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/01/2025 01:55:20",
      "content": "<p>What should we do about the GPL(AGPL) license in this competition?(similar <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/czii-cryo-et-object-identification/discussion/560105\" target=\"_blank\">discussion</a>)</p>\n<p>Tagging hosts : <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/mylesoneill\" target=\"_blank\">@mylesoneill</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/maggiemd\" target=\"_blank\">@maggiemd</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/kharrington\" target=\"_blank\">@kharrington</a> </p>",
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    "3107443": "Hello,\nI see a lot of notebooks using yolo from ultralytics, wich is a AGPL 3 license\nI was asking myself if this was compatible with a winprize",
    "3107532": "Thanks for sharing.\nI also wonder if it might become unusable due to license issues.\n\nIn previous object detection competition, kaggle staff made it clear but is it still valid in this competition ?\nIt seems that they made yolov5 not allowed to use after public notebook was published.\n\n>https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/163433#919074\n>Thanks for the question, we've reviewed the rules and have clarified that the winning solution needs to fit the MIT license. \n>Any data or code with a GPL license would not be allowed in the final solution.\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F4250230%2Fb60104571e5697c2ab0e72a690494ec0%2Fyolov5.png?generation=1737901923094024&alt=media)",
    "3107536": "People who are concerned about yolo's GPL license issues like this tend to use YOLOX with the Apache-2.0 license.",
    "3112143": "What should we do about the GPL(AGPL) license in this competition?(similar [discussion](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/czii-cryo-et-object-identification/discussion/560105))\n\nTagging hosts : @mylesoneill @maggiemd @kharrington"
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