#open-source-initiative — Public Fediverse posts

Why “public AI”, built on open source software, is the way forward for the EU

A quarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted and generous hackers who took part. Back then, it was clear that open source represented a powerful alternative to the traditional proprietary approach to software […]

#ai #aiAct #cdsm #china #cloudComputing #copyrightDirective #dataMining #eu #freeSoftware #openSource #openSourceInitiative #paulKeller #publicAi #rebelCode #research #startups #supercomputers #tdm #textMining #us #ventureCapital

https://walledculture.org/why-public-ai-built-on-open-source-software-is-the-way-forward-for-the-eu/

L'ultimo era italiano, qualcuno si candida per proseguire la tradizione? Tra l'altro per un breve tratto, c'erano due italiani e un francese ai posti più alti

#opensource #OSI #opensourceinitiative

https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-initiative-now-accepting-your-application-for-executive-director

I'm at this great talk on the State of the “Open” AI • All Things Open 2025 https://2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/state-of-the-open-ai #AI #OpenLicense #OpenSourceInitiative #OSI #OpenSource #AllThingsOpen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypssemWmuU&list=PLr4nRUtZbsuGq-U9BCJoRvriJd9vZyhLN&index=2

#COSS #OSS #AI #opensource #OpenSourceAI #llama #deepseek #falcon #linuxfoundation #opensourceinitiative

Petition to #OpenSourceInitiative to publish 2025 Board #election results.

[...] We believe that by removing candidates and votes after voting concluded, #OSI has damaged its credibility. [...]

La #petition est ici : https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025

A signé !
Il faut d'abord faire une bifurcation (fork), modifier la source bifurquée et ensuite faire une demande d'ajout (pull request).
C'était le 1er pull request de ma life :)

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Petition to #OpenSourceInitiative to publish 2025 Board #election results.

We, the undersigned, petition the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to release the complete, unaltered results of its 2025 Board of Directors elections. We believe that by removing candidates and votes after voting concluded, OSI has damaged its credibility. We call for transparency as a first step toward repairing OSI's integrity and reputation.

Vous trouverez cette pétition ici : https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025

#opensource

Ah yes, the brave keyboard warriors are at it again, demanding the Open Source Initiative release its 2025 election results for all to see. 🙄 Because clearly, the fate of human civilization hinges on the #transparency of a niche tech board election. 🔍 Spoiler alert: 98% of the population still doesn't know what a pull request is. 😂
https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025#readme #OpenSourceInitiative #KeyboardWarriors #TechElection #PullRequest #HackerNews #ngated

KI-Definition: Vorwürfe gegen die #OpenSourceInitiative | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Definition-Vorwuerfe-gegen-die-Open-Source-Initiative-10004145.html #OpenSource #OSI #ArtificialIntelligence

#OpenSourceInitiative legt KI-Definition vor | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Open-Source-Initiative-legt-KI-Definition-vor-9997180.html #OSI #OpenSource #ArtificialIntelligence #MetaPlatforms #Llama #ArtificialIntelligenceAct. #AIA #AIAct

They posit you can still modify (tune) the distributed models without the training source. You can also modify a binary executable without its source code. Frankly that's unacceptable if we actually care about the human beings using the software.

A key pillar of freedom as it relates to software is reproducibility. The ability to build a tool from scratch, in your own environment, with your own parameters, is absolutely indispensable to both learning how the tool works and changing the tool to better serve your needs, especially if your needs fall on the outskirts of the bell curve.

There's also the issue of auditability. If you can't run the full build process yourself, producing your own results from scratch in a trusted environment to compare with what's distributed, it becomes exponentially harder to verify any claims about how a tool supposedly works.

Without the training data, this all becomes impossible for AI models. The OSI knows this. They're choosing to ignore it for the sake of expediency for the companies paying their bills, who want to claim "open" because it sounds good while actually hiding the (largely stolen and fraudulently or non-consentually acquired) source material of their current models.

Do we want a new definition of "open source" that actively thwarts analysis and tinkering, two fundamental requirements of software that respects human beings today? Reject this nonsense.

#OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #OSI #OpenSourceInitiative #FreeSoftware #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI

As the OSI prepares to make official its "open source AI" definition with a glaring lack of requirement that the actual source (training data) is made available, it's worth noting that their work is funded by google, meta, microsoft, salesforce, etc. What does open source even mean here if the literal source of the model isn't open? These companies are invested in making you think they're on your side while they boil the oceans to avoid paying human beings for labor.

The idea behind open source, as it grew out of the free software movement, has always been to water down software freedoms, to create something more palatable to corporate interests that *sounds* good but means very little. This continues that work for the current "gen AI" bubble. It's time to ditch open source as an ideal, and the OSI especially.

https://opensource.org/ai/drafts/the-open-source-ai-definition-1-0-rc2

#OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #OSI #OpenSourceInitiative #FreeSoftware #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI

#OpenSourceInitiative tries to define #OpenSource #AI
The issue is that there's no accepted way to determine whether or not an AI system is open source, despite the fact that there are already many #machinelearning models offered under open source licenses.
"I think the fundamental problem with AI is that its output is inherently plagiarism," #BrucePerens explained "#LLM are trained from websites, and open source software, without regard for their copyright."
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/16/open_source_initiative_ai/

As I rely on #OpenSource so much for so many things I do, this #GivingTuesday I am supporting:

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@GIMP (#GIMP)

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@libreoffice (#LibreOffice)

@[email protected] (#OpenSourceInitiative)

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Let's build a world where knowledge is freely shared, ideas are nurtured, and innovation knows no bounds! 🌍💙 Join the Open Source Initiative! For more information about Individual Membership, please see opensource.org/members.

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Le votazioni per eleggere il board di #OpenSourceInitiative si sono chiuse e i risultati sono stati ufficializzati. Congratulazioni ai consiglieri eletti: Pamela Chestek, Carlo Piana, Josh Berkus e Amanda Brock.
https://opensource.org/node/1219

Open Source Initiative names first Executive Director | Open Source Initiative
https://opensource.org/news/osi-executive-director #maffulli #osi #opensourceinitiative

Last week the Open Source Initiative (#OSI) stated that the Server Side Public License (#SSPL) is not an Open Source license but "#fauxpen".
https://opensource.org/node/1099

#OpenSourceInitiative #ServerSidePublicLicense #NotOpenSourceLicense