Open Source
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Federated Learning and Open Source AI
In light of how often federated learning is used by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as an excuse for enabling vendors to conceal the source (i.e., data) under their flawed Open Source AI Definition (OSAID), I’ve updated the So, you want to write about the OSI’s Open Source AI Definition (OSAID)… article with the following…
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Medical applications of Open Source AI
In light of how often medical applications are used by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as an excuse for enabling vendors to conceal the source (i.e., data) under their flawed Open Source AI Definition (OSAID), I’ve updated the So, you want to write about the OSI’s Open Source AI Definition (OSAID)… article with the following…
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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)](https://samjohnston.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-10-26-postit-butcher-paper-names.webp)
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…