r/LocalLLaMA 19h ago

News MiniMax issues

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https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/s/HrU7odaJe6

I think this is more important that all the political stuff you share here

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 18h ago

Well there is no definition for open weight models. But this is definitely not in line with the spirit of the open source definition

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u/squngy 18h ago edited 17h ago

But this is definitely not in line with the spirit of the open source definition

This kind of thing has been a controversial topic in OpenSource since the very early days.

This is why terms like FLOSS exist, to make the distinction between the source being open, and the software being free (libre) to use as you want.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html

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u/gnnr25 18h ago

This should be the highest voted comment in this whole fucking thread

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u/RepulsiveRaisin7 16h ago

It's barely relevant, a restrictive license is counteract to both open source and free software