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I wouldn't equate model weights with source code. You can run software on your own machine without source code, but you can't run an LLM on your own machine without model weights.

Though, you could still sell the model weights for local use. Not sure if we are there yet that I myself could buy model weights, but of course if you are a very big company or a very big country then I guess most AI companies would consider selling you their model weights so you can run them on your own machine.