Re: Proposal Alternative: A Model Can Be a Preferred form of Modification

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Aigars" == Aigars Mahinovs <aigarius@debian.org> writes:

    Aigars> Another, simpler, alternative would be to vote on the Debian
    Aigars> project endorsing
    Aigars> https://opensource.org/ai/open-source-ai-definition

    Aigars> It basically translates the four freedoms into AI freedoms
    Aigars> and introduces "Data Information" as a substitute for
    Aigars> (potentially unredistributable) original training data - a
    Aigars> description of what data was used for training and how it
    Aigars> was acquired and processed. With the key that a sufficiently
    Aigars> skilled person should be able to reproduce the data and then
    Aigars> the model using this information.

I'd rank that belowe FD, so I would not propose it, but I would rank it
above Choice 1.

Here are my concerns with that definition for Debian:

* The four freedoms do not have any formal role in the DFSG. Pulling
  them in here  seems like an odd place for Debian to sign onto them.

* The definition refers to OSD rather than DFSG in terms of licenses.

* Data information makes sense to me when talking about base models. But
  data information does not guarantee that I can modify a model as part
  of a software system in practice. Perhaps in practice it does, but I
  would need to think through it more than I have already.

But if you propose that option I will second.