Great, but sadly, it is not free software, it disallows people using it commercially.

I wonder why authors of models cannot understand the point. That way they truly get less money, less recognition.

I'm not surprised actually. The developers of ChatGPT and DeepSeek probably aren't trying to maximize Italian benchmarks. For specialized tasks, well-trained small models can beat much bigger ones. Certainly, the Italians know what kind of fresh high-quality ingredients are best for training their model.

Also, not every hobby project needs to be commercialized. In many cases Mistral is fine.