> The weights are part of the source code. If you will allow me the absurd analogy: my arm is also part of a person (me), but my arm is not a person. My arm do

> The weights are part of the source code. If you will allow me the absurd analogy: my arm is also part of a person (me), but my arm is not a person. My arm does not have its own bank account and pays taxes independently. I get how the weights are not exactly like binary code. Good points. But they are also not source code (from your own quote) > "Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications The weights are not the preferred form of making modifications. At most, one could argue it is the weights + source code. > In other words, there isn't another level above weights that the labs use to "compile" the weights The source and training data? I see your points, and it is an interesting discussion of nuances, but I profoundly disagree that the weights are "the preferred form for making modifications". For these reasons I prefer the term "open weights" for these projects.