• Open Letter to Georgia Tech on Open Source AI in Education & Research

    I was disappointed to discover today that Georgia Tech‘s brand new Open Source Project Office (OSPO) has unilaterally endorsed the Open Source Initiative’s Open Source AI Definition (OSAID), suggesting that the school itself supports it (which fortunately does not appear to be the case). They’re clearly in over their skis and haven’t thought this through…

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  • So, you want to write about the OSI’s Open Source AI Definition (OSAID)…

    This FAQ-style article should help you understand our opinion on the issues with the process and its product: Overview What’s the problem? The Open Source Initiative (OSI)’s board of 10 people (assisted by their employees), took it upon themselves — without the mandate or ultimate approval of their membership — to release an Open Source…

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  • OSI on the co-design process that [still-]birthed the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID)

    I asked the Open Source Initiative (OSI)’s Executive Director for more detail on the “co-design” process they controversially selected to form their own views on the future of Open Source with the advent of AI at the last (and final) town hall on the topic, which they eventually posted and I have transcribed with Whisper*:…

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  • Debian General Resolution (GR) drafted opposing OSI’s Open Source AI Definition (OSAID)

    A fellow Debian Developer (DD) has just proposed a General Resolution (GR) vote in opposition to the Open Source Initiative (OSI)’s upcoming Open Source AI Definition (OSAID). This has already been seconded by another DD who is preparing a draft resolution, and I have brought them up to speed on the true scope of the…

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  • Is the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) compatible with the Open Source Definition (OSD)?

    No.

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  • Open Source In Name Only

    It’s the weekend graveyard shift so I thought I’d ask ChatGPT what it thought of the Open Source Initiative (OSI)’s release candidate Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) that doesn’t include the data — i.e., the closest thing we have to source code for AI systems:

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  • The OSI lacks competence to define Open Source AI

    The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has stepped up the censorship of fellow advocates for the four essential freedoms (to use, study, modify, and share software), moderating, silencing, and threatening permanent community bans to proponents of an Open Source AI definition (OSAID) that fully protects said freedoms by requiring users have access to the “source” of…

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  • Turning Open Source AI Insecurity up to 11 with OSI’s RC1

    Open Source already delivers something of a panacea in security when compared with proprietary systems: full transparency and the unfettered ability to study and modify the entire system (for both you and your attackers, granted). Security is not explicitly stated in the Open Source Definition because it is implicit and guaranteed by the availability of…

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  • Squaring the Circle of Open Source AI without Data

    The Open Source Initiative (OSI) continued their condescension towards the community today in a self-congratulatory post explaining How we passed the AI conundrums, like they were Alexander slashing through the Gordian knot (the article’s featured image is a modern equivalent, a Megaminx). Turtles All The Way Down The anonymous representative starts out by painting “some…

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  • Proprietary Data Considered Harmful to Open Source AI

    OSI’s Definition of Open Source AI Raises Critical Legal Concerns for Developers and Businesses, says Luca Antiga, AI developer of PyTorch fame and fellow lobbyist for Big Freedom. He literally wrote the book on the topic, so while every voice is equal in this ongoing asinine debate, some are more equal than others. When people…

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  • Malicious compliance with the release candidate Open Source AI definition

    I asked gpt-4o to abuse the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) release candidate with malicious compliance on behalf of Meta, per Mark’s suggestion that this is a risk despite a strong denial by Stefano. We all agree that Llama is not Open Source AI, but differ on how far they are away. I’m running with the Llama example because it’s been used for…

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  • Open Source to require documentation for the first time for AI?

    Open Source, including as specified in the Open Source Definition (OSD), has never required documentation. It limits itself to the following 3 requirements: Documentation (whether inline or external to the code) may be “appreciated” and is often included, but never required. Even the LICENSE file itself is not required as a reference is adequate. A company can release insanely…

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