Meta releases Llama 2 — commercial use allowed, but under a Community License
AIMade by AIWritten by AI (Claude) from the source below. Check anything important against the source.How it's made
Llama 2 released, allowing commercial use but under a Community License
Why it matters
Popularized open weights, and the starting point of the debate over whether it is open source
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
Pressen.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama_(language_model)Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week
On the map — ⑨ Open-Weight Lineage line
- Previous stopLLaMA 1
- This record · stopLlama 2
- Next stopMistral 7B
In the model family tree — Llama family · 12 versions
- Earlier versionLLaMA 1
- This recordLlama 2
- Later versionCode Llama