Hello Sam, On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 01:12:13PM -0600, Sam Hartman wrote: > ***Proposal Text*** > > Choice 2: Software incorporating AI Models Released under DFSG Licenses > free Must provide for > Practical Modification to Comply with DFSG > > The project asks those charged with interpreting the DFSG to require > that software incorporating AI models have a preferred form of > modification for the models and that we provide our users the ability to > modify these models in order to be included in the main section of the > archive. Examples of such a preferred form of modification can include > the original training data for the model. Alternatively, a base model > (especially when the base model can be replaced and multiple options are > available) along with training data for any fine tuning that has been > performed is acceptable. In some cases a model along with necessary > tools to perform incremental fine tuning may be acceptable if doing > additional incremental training is actually the approach that the > upstream project uses to modify the model. As with other interpretations > of the DFSG, something cannot be the preferred form of modification if > the upstream of the software under consideration has a more preferred > form of modification that is not public. I don't know yet how I would rank this option w.r.t. the main one, but I think it's important to have an alternative option, along the lines of yours above, available on the ballot. I hence second your text above (assuming it's final already; if not, I'll be happy to do so when it is). Cheers -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack@upsilon.cc . https://upsilon.cc/zack _. ^ ._ Full professor of Computer Science o o o \/|V|\/ Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris o o o </> <\> Co-founder & CSO Software Heritage o o o o /\|^|/\ Mastodon: https://mastodon.xyz/@zacchiro '" V "'
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