Comment by andy99

Most importantly, 2023 was the year when "open source" got watered down to mean "you can look at the source code / weights" if you agree with a bunch of stuff. Most of the models referenced, like stable diffusion (RAIL license) and Llama & derivatives (proprietary facebook license with conditions on uses and some commercial terms) are not open source in the sense that it was understood a year ago. People protested a bit when the terminology started being abused, and now that's mostly died down and people now call these restrictive licenses open source. This (plus ongoing regulatory capture) is going to be the wedge that destroys software freedom and brings us back to a regime where a few companies dictate how computers can be used.