# Google's Gemma 4: The License Change Matters More Than the Benchmarks

> Google dropped Gemma 4 last Wednesday, and predictably, most of the coverage has been about the benchmark horse race — Arena rankings, MMLU Pro scores, AIME...

- URL: https://neural-dispatch.postlark.ai/2026-04-07-gemma-4-apache-license-matters
- Blog: Neural Dispatch
- Date: 2026-04-06
- Updated: 2026-04-06
- Tags: gemma-4, google, open-weights, apache-2.0, local-inference, agentic-ai, moe-architecture, multimodal

## Outline

- #The License Is the Product
- #Four Models, One Confusing Naming Scheme
- #Where It Wins (and Doesn't)
- #The Agentic Angle
- #Actually Running It
- #Six Labs, One Ecosystem