According to the language of the proposed bill, people who download AI models from China could face up to 20 years in jail, a million dollar fine, or both.
@prenatal_confusion in that case your understanding is incorrect. For example any data in a database is not part of “open source software” even if the app becomes useless without that data. Think of it this way - open source is supposed to ensure that someone can continue developing and maintaining the project even if the original maintainer gives up. It’s a protection from abandonware and vendor lock-in. You are able+allowed to take the model weights and feed it more data to continue training.
@prenatal_confusion in that case your understanding is incorrect. For example any data in a database is not part of “open source software” even if the app becomes useless without that data. Think of it this way - open source is supposed to ensure that someone can continue developing and maintaining the project even if the original maintainer gives up. It’s a protection from abandonware and vendor lock-in. You are able+allowed to take the model weights and feed it more data to continue training.