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tante

Ensuring Open Source AI thrives under the EU’s new AI rules – Open Source Initiative

The Open Source Initiative is doing … something again, now it’s working against regulation protecting people from certain uses of AI systems:

In particular, previous drafts of the Code of Practice mandated acceptable use policies, and a prohibition of certain uses of the AI system. But having these restrictions conflicts with the freedom of use that Open Source guarantees, in particular, rule 6 of the Open Source Definition (No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor). This would mean developers would have to choose between complying with the Code of Practice or being Open Source.

Source: Ensuring Open Source AI thrives under the EU’s new AI rules – Open Source Initiative

Thank you OSI. To protect the purity of your license – which I do not consider to be open source – you are working towards making it harder for regulators to enforce certain standards within the usage of so-called “AI” systems. Quick question: Who are you actually working for? (I know, it is corporations)

The whole Open Source/Free Software movement has run its course and has been very successful for business. But it feels like somewhere along the line we as normal human beings have been left behind.

The text "Quick note" in my handwriting
#ai#openSource#osi
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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO

The #EU is currently drafting its guidelines on how to apply the #AI act to General Purpose AI Models.

The #OSI is participating in drafting these rules, but when the first draft arrived, we discovered issues that would make it impossible for #OpenSourceAI projects to comply.

Here’s how we fixed them! 🤖 🇪🇺

opensource.org/blog/ensuring-o

Open Source InitiativeEnsuring Open Source AI thrives under the EU’s new AI rulesIn 2024, the European Union approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first legal framework for AI. Part of the law mandated the creation of a Code of Practice for General Purpose AI for AI developers. The OSI applied to take part in the drafting of these rules, but when the first draft arrived, we discovered issues that would make it impossible for Open Source AI projects to comply. Here’s how we fixed them.
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Richard Fontana

A couple of issues with @sjvn's article on the #OSI board elections:
1. "This board agreement has existed for five years in its current form, but it is the first time that candidates decided to run while publicly communicating they would not sign it". I never communicated that I wouldn't sign the board agreement (I don't think @bkuhn did either). As I have said elsewhere, at the outset of the vote I assumed I'd sign it if invited to join the board following publication of vote results. (cont.)

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Michael Downey 🧢

@richlitt Co-sign.

When our community's past leaders-by-consensus fail to act with integrity, it damages the FOSS movement's reputation to those "on the outside".

Fortunately, as you say, our ideals and vision are bigger than any leader or organization; they can and will endure.

But at what reputational cost?

#OSI#OpenSource#FreeSoftware
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Mark Dingemanse

TL;DR it appears #OSI has found ways to keep reform-minded candidates off the board by generating confusion about available seats¹, enforcing arbitrary deadlines¹, changing the requirements for candidature *after* voting but before announcing results², and refusing to be open about votes cast³

¹ lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1014603
² discuss.opensource.org/t/board
³ discuss.opensource.org/t/resul

lwn.netOSI election ends with unsatisfying results [LWN.net]
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Bradley M. Kuhn

ICYMI: Bentley Hensel, @richardfontana, & I ran for #OpenSource Initiative Board of Directors — but we were surreptitiously removed from all *already-cast* ballots & our names are even scrubbed from #OSI's results announcement.
@jzb at @LWN wrote this article:
lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1014603
N.B.: while Fontana & I ran on the “Shared Platform for OSI Reform”…
codeberg.org/OSI-Reform-Platfo
…Bentley did not run on it w/ us. We've had no communication w/ them (yet). Bentley's platform:
opensource.org/board-member/be

lwn.netOSI election ends with unsatisfying results [LWN.net]
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Mark Dingemanse

Interesting to see #OSI manufacture a problem about people reaching out to others, saying they should rather do this "on our forums where we provide community management and moderation support" lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1014603

Last I checked (during the #OSAID snafu Sep/Oct 2024), the OSI forums were so tightly moderated that no sane and open discussion could take place anymore. The crackdown was very effective in letting reform-minded community members know their contributions weren't welcome

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Candidates can engage with their fellow affiliates on our forums where we provide community management and moderation support, and in other public settings where our affiliates have opted to sign up and publicly engage.
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Bradley M. Kuhn

No, it's actually b/c I needed a place to campaign for the #OpenSource Initiative elections and & bloggjng to do it wasn't interactive enough.

I am not sure what I'll do with this account after the #OSI situation is addressed.

As you may recall, @zacchiro, in that conversation at #FOSDEM that you mention, I pointed out that I do think microblogging is addictive and often pushes people toward baser form of discourse.

I will write more about this after OSI stuff reaches safe background level.

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Bradley M. Kuhn

@troy_s I think you're overstating the situation re: #OpenSource Initiative..

I'm obviously familiar w/ #FSF's rhetoric: “OSI works against software freedom” — but, I don't agree w/ it.

My & @richardfontana 's electoral campaign was about #OSI needing reform, not revolution.

OSI has lost its way sometimes before too. Their Charter Plan circa 2008 is another example.…
opensource.org/charterplan-htm
…but I disagree that or the current events proves “Open Source Misses the point” argument.

Open Source InitiativeHISTORICAL: Charter Membership Process for RatificationThis page is retained for historical purposes.It does not reflect a current OSI activity. Mission The 50 charter members have been mandated by the current OSI board to develop a…
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