The Corruption of Open Source w/ tante
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The Corruption of Open Source
tante
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss troubling developments in the open source world as Wordpress goes to war with WP Engine and a new definition of open source AI doesn’t require being open about training data.
Guest
tante is a sociotechnologist, writer, speaker, and Luddite working on tech and its social impact.
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Links
- tante wrote about the problem with the Open Source Initiative’s definition of open source AI.
- Check out this link for the full breakdown on the Wordpress drama.
- Wordpress changed its trademark guidelines on September 19 regarding the use of the WP abbreviation.
- Tumblr and Wordpress started selling user data for AI training earlier this year.
- A lot of the controversy around Richard Stallman started blowing up in 2019.