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> The problem is, this financial backing and support is via VCs, who will steer the project to close it all up again. A matter of when, not if. I mean, the web
by ignoramous 3y ago
> The problem is, this financial backing and support is via VCs, who will steer the project to close it all up again.
A matter of when, not if. I mean, the website itself makes that much clear:
The ggml way
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Open Core
The library and related projects are freely available under the MIT license... In the future we may choose to develop extensions that are licensed for commercial use
Explore and have fun!
... Contributors are encouraged to try crazy ideas, build wild demos, and push the edge of what's possible
So, like many other "open core" devtools out there, they'd like to have their cake and eat it too. And they might just as well, like others before them.
Won't blame anyone here though; because clearly, if you're as good as Georgi Gerganov, why do it for free?
- ukuina 3y agoSounds like the SQLite model, which has been a net positive for the computing world.