Is Wan 2.1 OK for commercial use?
Yes
Yes. Wan 2.1 (and 2.2) open weights are Apache 2.0, and Wan says it claims no rights over what you generate. The model card still bans illegal or harmful content.
Last verified 2026-10-17. Our reading of the quoted terms below, not legal advice.
What the terms say
Wan (Alibaba video model)
“Subject to your compliance with our Terms, we assign to you all of our right, title, and interest—if any—in Outputs generated at your request and provided to you in response to Prompts submitted by you.”
“without proper permission, remove, obscure, modify, and/or tamper with any label or watermark applied in connection with the Outputs (as defined below);”
“The models in this repository are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. We claim no rights over the your generated contents, granting you the freedom to use them while ensuring that your usage complies with the provisions of this license.”
“The models in this repository are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. We claim no rights over the your generate contents, granting you the freedom to use them while ensuring that your usage complies with the provisions of this license.”
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