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Re:Meta rolls out AI language model LLaMA by rnd0 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @02:29AM (#34934685)
>I might be wrong. If not, it's not open source.

It isn't "Free Software" if it doesn't allow for the four freedoms -including the right to modify and redistribute your modifications.

As a term, "open source" is ambiguous to almost having almost no actual meaning at all. But "Free Software" has a concrete meaning and if you can't redistribute something then it is not "Free Software".

Hope that helps.

Edit to add a citation: https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/

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Re:Meta rolls out AI language model LLaMA by kaoD on Saturday February 25, 2023 @05:37AM (#34935558)
I know what free software is. I meant the checkpoint might be redistributable after you ask for it (but I doubt so).

Open Source has a clear and specific definition BTW: https://opensource.org/osd/

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