Comment on Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine open source so badly
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 day agowhen the data used to train the AI is copyrighted, how do you make it open source?
When part of my code base belongs to someone else, how do I make it open source? By open sourcing the parts that belong to me, while clarifying that it’s only partially open source.
kava@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is essentially what Llama does, no? The reason they are attempting a clarification is because they would be subject to different regulations depending on whether or not it’s open source.
If they open source everything they legally can, then do they qualify as “open source” for legal purposes? The difference can be tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars in the EU according to Meta.
So a clarification on this issue, I think, is not asking for so much. Hate Facebook as much as the next guy but this is like 5 minute hate material
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, definitely not! Open source is a binary attribute. If your product is partially open source, it’s not open source, only the parts you open sourced.
So Llama is not open source, even if some parts are.
kava@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I agree with you. What I’m saying is that perhaps the law can differentiate between “not open source” “partially open source” and “fully open source”
right now it’s just the binary yes/no. which again determines whether or not millions of people would have access to something that could be useful to them
i’m not saying change the definition of open source. i’m saying for legal purposes, in the EU, there should be some clarification in the law. if there is a financial benefit to having an open source product available then there should be something for having a partially open source product available
especially a product that is as open source as it could possible legally be without violating copyright
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Open source isn’t defined legally, only through the OSI. The benefit is only from a marketing perspective as far as I’m aware.
Which is also why it’s important that “open source” doesn’t get mixed up with “partially open source”, otherwise companies will get the benefits of “open source” without doing the actual work.