They’re the ones who are putting the open-source base models out in the first place. If I write a program myself and release it as open source, I have every right to subsequently release a closed-source version. But I can’t rescind the license on the version I released previously (any open source license with a clause allowing that should be treated with immense suspicion) so anyone else can keep building on that version if they want.
Embrace, extend, extinguish.
They can take open-source products, extend them to become the dominant player, and then close them.
Yeah it’s a violation of the license. What are you gonna do about it?
They’re the ones who are putting the open-source base models out in the first place. If I write a program myself and release it as open source, I have every right to subsequently release a closed-source version. But I can’t rescind the license on the version I released previously (any open source license with a clause allowing that should be treated with immense suspicion) so anyone else can keep building on that version if they want.
Isn’t it basically what all big techs do nowadays? Hence enshittification of Internet.
I’ll keep supporting Mistral 😶🌫️