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Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them
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this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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The problem is not the algorithm. The problem is the way they're trained. If I made a dataset from sources whose copyright holders exercise their IP rights and then train an LLM on it, I'd probably go to jail or just kill myself (or default on my debts to the holders) if they sue for damages.
I support FOSS LLMs like Qwen just because of that. China doesn't care about IP bullshit and their open source models are great.
Exactly, open models are basically unlocking knowledge for everyone that's been gated by copyright holders, and that's a good thing.