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    Open weights aren't full open source, one post argues

    The author warns that claims of openness can create an illusion of ownership, leaving organizations exposed if suppliers shut down or pull the plug.

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    A post compares open-weight AI to a house without blueprints. In the author's analogy, full open source provides not just the house but the blueprints, materials documentation, construction details and legal papers, so users can understand what to fix or modify. The author warns against mistaking partial openness for ownership and predicts that a Linux-style open-source model will become the norm for AI infrastructure.

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    @ericxingA great article by @PatrickMoorhead on what "open source" truly entails: an API is a hotel room you pay to stay without owning it; open weights is a house that comes with no blueprints; our definition of open source is that you buy the house together with all the blueprints, the materials documentation, the construction details and the legal papers. If something goes wrong, you know where to fix it. If you want to remodel it, you can take it further. In my opinion, pretending to be "open" is even worse than not open, because it creates an illusion of ownership for the users, unaware of the risk, and quietly develop addiction. What if when users (enterprises, public services, governments) build functions on the open-weight ladder (house without blueprint) and then the ladder vanishes all of a sudden (suppliers pull the plug or simply gone out of business)? I predict that the Linux model will prevail, and for AI to become an infrastructure, 360-degree open source will become a norm. #K2-horizon shows that you can be both open in offering and competitive in performance. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2026/09/11/open-weights-are-not-open-source-and-it-matters-now-in-the-boardroom/

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    @ericxingA great article by @PatrickMoorhead on what "open source" truly entails: an API is a hotel room you pay to stay without owning it; open weights is a house that comes with no blueprints; our definition of open source is that you buy the house together with all the blueprints, the materials documentation, the construction details and the legal papers. If something goes wrong, you know where to fix it. If you want to remodel it, you can take it further. In my opinion, pretending to be "open" is even worse than not open, because it creates an illusion of ownership for the users, unaware of the risk, and quietly develop addiction. What if when users (enterprises, public services, governments) build functions on the open-weight ladder (house without blueprint) and then the ladder vanishes all of a sudden (suppliers pull the plug or simply gone out of business)? I predict that the Linux model will prevail, and for AI to become an infrastructure, 360-degree open source will become a norm. #K2-horizon shows that you can be both open in offering and competitive in performance. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2026/09/11/open-weights-are-not-open-source-and-it-matters-now-in-the-boardroom/