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I feel the arbitrary split between code and weights makes little sense when discussing if these models are "open source" in the copyleft meaning of the term. If
by owlbite 2y ago
I feel the arbitrary split between code and weights makes little sense when discussing if these models are "open source" in the copyleft meaning of the term. If the average user can't meaningfully use your product without agreeing to non-free terms then it's morally closed source.
Anything else and you're just open-source-washing your proprietary technology.
- ensignavenger 2y agoI tend to see weights as nothing more than data, data which may not even be copyrightable. But Meta keeps calling their data "open source" when they clearly do not release the model under an open source license, and that is terrible, awful and misleading.