you are playing very loosely with terms that have specific, widely accepted definitions (e.g. https://opensource.org/osd )
I don't get why you think it would be useful to call LLMs with published weights "open source"
OSF's definition is far from the only one [1]. Switzerland is currently implementing CH Open's definition, the EU another one, et cetera.
> I don't get why you think it would be useful to call LLMs with published weights "open source"
I don't. I'm saying that if the choice is between open weights or open weights + open training data, open weights will win because the useful definition will outcompete the pristine one in a public context.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software#Definitio...
For the CH Open, I'm not finding anything specific, even from Swiss websites, could you help me understand what you're referring to here?
I'm guessing that all these definitions have at least some points in common, which involves (another guess) at least being able to produce the output artifacts/binaries by yourself, something that you cannot do with Llama, just as an example.
Was on the HN front page earlier [1][2]. The definition comes strikingly close to source on request with no use restrictions.
> all these definitions have at least some points in common
Agreed. But they're all different. There isn't an accepted defintiion of open source even when it comes to software; there is an accepted set of broad principles.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41047172
[2] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observato...
Realistically, nobody outside of Hacker News commenters have ever cared about the OSD. It's just not how the term is used colloquially.
and (strong personal opinion) any software developer should have a firm grip on the terminology and details for legal reasons
There is a large span of people between gray beard programmer and lay person, and many in that span have some concept of open-source. It's often used synonymously with visible source, free software, or in this case, open weights.
It seems unfortunate - though expected - that over half of the comments in this thread are debating the OSD for the umpeenth time instead of discussing the actual model release or accompanying news posts. Meanwhile communities like /r/LocalLlama are going hog wild with this release and already seeing what it can do.
> any software developer should have a firm grip on the terminology and details for legal reasons
They'd simply need to review the terms of the license to see if it fits their usage. It doesn't really matter if the license satisfies the OSD or not.
