# Google Drops Gemma 4 With an Apache 2.0 License — and the Timing Against Chinese Open AI Is Not Accidental - Date: 2026-04-04 - Category: Artificial Intelligence The old Gemma license let Google change the rules anytime and claim rights over anything trained on its outputs. Apache 2.0 fixes that — and the timing, as Chinese labs pull back from open releases, is not accidental. ---