points by Vinnl 11 hours ago | 0 comments
Open weights was already a weaker term then open source, but this is not even that. "Weights available" feels like an apt description akin to source available.
[–] leni536 10 hours ago
Shareware/freeware?
[–] Vinnl 6 hours ago
Open source: source code available, and can be used for whatever.
Source-available: source code available, but only for viewing, not to make derivatives.
Freeware/shareware: source code not available, but software is free to run.
Not sure what the weights equivalent of that last one is, but I feel like this is more like source-available.
[–] thayne 5 hours ago
It isn't a perfect analogy, but I think the weights of a model are closer to a compiled executable than source code.
[–] usef- 10 hours ago