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License for SafeQwen2.5-VL

The SafeQwen2.5-VL project, including all modifications and independently developed code by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). This document outlines the license grant, the definition of this derivative work, and the required notices.


1. Definition of Work

Model Name

SafeQwen2.5-VL

Reference Publication

This model (SafeQwen2.5-VL) is the official model presented in the academic paper:

"HoliSafe: Holistic Safety Benchmarking and Modeling for Vision-Language Model"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04704

Base Models & License Provenance

This model is a Derivative Work based on the following Qwen2.5-VL models (developed by the Qwen Team, Alibaba Cloud):

As of November 17, 2025, these base models were provided under the apache-2.0 license, as specified in their Hugging Face repository metadata (note: a formal LICENSE file was not present in the repositories at this time). This SafeQwen2.5-VL license is predicated on the apache-2.0 license grant of the base models.

Modifications by ETRI

This work integrates an independently developed Visual Guard Module (VGM) to classify harmful image inputs and generate safe text responses. All modifications and additions are the work of ETRI.


2. Apache License 2.0 Grant

This entire project (SafeQwen2.5-VL) is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Copyright 2025 Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

3. Required Notices for Derivative Work

In compliance with Section 4 of the Apache License 2.0, the following notices are provided.

a) Statement of Modifications

This work (SafeQwen2.5-VL) is a derivative of the original Qwen2.5-VL models. The following significant modifications were made by ETRI:

  • Integration of a Visual Guard Module (VGM) for harmful content classification
  • Fine-tuning of the model for safety alignment based on the VGM's outputs
  • [List other major modifications made by ETRI here, if any]

b) Original Copyright Notice (from Qwen2.5-VL)

This project incorporates components from the Qwen2.5-VL models. Users of this software must also comply with the terms of the original license, including the retention of its copyright notices.

The original Qwen models are typically accompanied by a notice similar to:

Copyright (c) Alibaba Cloud.

Note: If the original Qwen2.5-VL distribution included a NOTICE file, the contents of that NOTICE file must also be included in this distribution.


4. Attribution and Contact

This SafeQwen2.5-VL model was developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in the Republic of Korea.

For any questions regarding the SafeQwen2.5-VL model or its licensing, please contact:

Youngwan Lee
Email: yw.lee@etri.re.kr