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OSI-certified open source licenses (such as MIT, Apache 2.0) must allow anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute, and must not attach discriminatory restrictions on field of use or business model; "open weights" only means the model parameters are downloadable, and the license may attach conditions such as attribution, revenue thresholds, and use restrictions.
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UnverifiedOpen weights and fully open source are not equivalent: the former only makes model weight files publicly available, while the latter follows standard open-source protocols as defined by the OSI.78% similarVerifiedThe MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses permit commercial use and closed-source modifications, the GPL requires derivative works to also be open-sourced, and the AGPL requires open-sourcing even when software is provided as a service over a network.76% similarUnverified开源促进会（OSI）维护着一份经过认证的开源协议列表，只有符合其开源定义（OSD）的协议才被认可为真正的开源协议75% similarVerifiedThe AGPL license requires that source code be made available even when services are provided over a network, which can effectively prevent open-source washing.72% similarUnverifiedOpen-source models are typically released under Apache 2.0, MIT, or custom licenses that allow commercial use and modification, and operate under a different regulatory framework from hardware export controls.70% similar
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