The definition of Open Source [0] is freer than what you portray, but Open Weights is not open by this definition. As I said in the thread, it's more like "weights available, with some freedoms attached".
replyCurrent state is detrimental to both Free/Open Software and AI ecosystems at the same time.
My point was never that open weights = open source, so it’s not surprising that they fail the OSI definition of open source.
replyMy point is that open weights exists somewhere on the spectrum between closed source and open source, and imo much closer to open source than closed.
As evidence, see the thousands of open-weight model derived models on hugging face.
I stand corrected.
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