[chasd00]

> Start with the outcome you believe will be the most in line with the spirit and traditions of the open source community

there's nothing open source about an open weight model. It's more like the binary blobs Linux fought so hard against. If you can't compile, or in this case train, from source then you're missing the "source" part of open source.

[some_furry]

To be clear: This isn't a technical discussion, it's a political one.

While your point is valid on its own merits, it isn't relevant here.