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by jillesvangurp 1092 days ago
Depends. Overly open licenses can also motivate prevent people to not share things. Case in point here is some of the openai stuff where they shared enough so people can replicate their results but without giving away everything. People have been complaining that that's not open enough. But it's still better than them not sharing anything at all. That model certainly seems to be working well for them.

Compare that with e.g. companies in China or elsewhere that are also working on AI that are perhaps sharing a bit less. That's a bit of a black hole in terms of information going in but not coming out. I think the more open people can get the better. But even some weaker licenses are better than nothing.

Things are open enough currently for people to independently replicate each other's results. I think that's the important bit.