Definitions
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- noun computing The practice of providing
open-source code for a product. - noun computing Open-source software in general.
- verb To make
open-source .
Etymologies
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Coined by Christine Peterson in January 1998.
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Meta calls Llama “open source”, although critics dispute the claim: it’s possible to download the model and use it with a fairly free licence but the training data remains entirely closed, and the model is not free for anyone to use for any purpose.
Why Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar gamble doesn’t just matter to Meta Dan Milmo 2024
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