Unless you have been hiding under a rock lately, you heard about the Chinese machine learning model Deepseek disrupting the multi-billion-dollar AI business, as well as its suppliers.
Deepseek is available under the MIT license.
This prompted Sam Altman of OpenAI to say that being closed is on the “wrong side of history.”
While definitions of “open source” AI are still fragmented, this announcement shows how open source wins in the marketplace.
Heather is an attorney and internationally-known specialist in OSS licensing and COSS. She is the primary drafter of many software licenses, including Elastic 2.0, and served on the core drafting team for Mozilla Public License 2.0 and the PolyForm licenses. She has authored multiple books on open source, including From Project to Profit: How to Build a Business Around Your Open Source Project. She is a partner at Tech Law Partners and formerly a founding general partner at OSS Capital.
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