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skybrian on July 21, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: In the LLM space, "open source" is being used to m...

I don't see why the term "open source" needs to evolve when "source available" is available. Or in this case, "weights available under a license with few restrictions."

mhh__ on July 21, 2023 [–]

New generation of programmers can't remember not having open source / free software of any kind so the difference is academic versus felt.

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