M. Secretary commandasaurus 🦖 on Nostr: At a recent conference, another industry person tried to gauge my interest in how ...

At a recent conference, another industry person tried to gauge my interest in how much " do people really care" about specificity and precision around the term "open source" and how it applies to systems like AI. The implication was that I would agree with them it was mostly marketing-centric.

Dear Reader, when the US Department of Defense cares about what the definition of "open source software" is, and which organizations define that, I care. I care a WHOLE LOT.

https://dodcio.defense.gov/open-source-software-faq/#q-what-is-the-legal-basis-of-oss-licenses