[HN Gopher] Meta revokes Llama 2 licenses for anyone making a co...
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       Meta revokes Llama 2 licenses for anyone making a copyright claim
        
       Author : andy99
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-03-11 21:23 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | andy99 wrote:
       | Whatever one's view of copyright claims against genAI (and
       | personally I think they are meritless), this should be a wakeup
       | call for people who don't see the difference between "source
       | available" and "open source". Meta pretend it's models are open
       | source but of course retains the right to control how they are
       | used. Now the distinction isn't hypothetical.
        
         | artninja1988 wrote:
         | Can't really fault them for not disclosing their datasets etc.
         | Without meaningful protections it would be a huge legal
         | liability.
        
           | sp332 wrote:
           | It's understandable, but they shouldn't be taking credit for
           | being open source when they are not.
        
         | YetAnotherNick wrote:
         | There is no difference between them with regards to licensing.
         | The company distributing open source could change license
         | anytime they wish, but they can't change license for the user
         | who have accepted previous license when downloading the code.
        
         | onion2k wrote:
         | _Meta pretend it 's models are open source but of course
         | retains the right to control how they are used._
         | 
         | That's true of a lot of open source licences too. For example,
         | the GPL states that you need to share the source including any
         | changes you make else your license to use the original code
         | will be revoked.
        
       | artninja1988 wrote:
       | As they should. Open sourcing things should not be a legal
       | liability. Open models have to have some sort of protection
        
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