In December 2023, the authors of this blog, David Edelsohn and Ofer Hermoni, had an enriching opportunity to attend a thought-provoking session at the AI.Dev event, titled “Towards the Definition of Open Source AI,” moderated by the insightful Mer Joyce and Ruth Suehle. The authors and other AI and open-source professionals joined together to create an initial proposal for the definition of Open Source AI.
The interest in data technologies goes hand in hand with the exponential growth happening right now in the artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) space, said Stefano Maffulli, executive director of the Open Source Initiative, which worked with OpenLogic by Perforce on the report.
DOSP involves initially releasing software under a proprietary license, followed by a planned transition to an open source license.
Cloud and AI are the most important technologies today, and both have outstripped open source licenses. It’s time for a new open source definition.
