paperbay.org Mastodon - https://paperbay.org/users/a/statuses/113904553898142333

If you’re wondering why free software and open source remain at the forefront of innovation and the long-term source of creativity, it seems the Deepseek CEO gets it…

🔗 https://stratechery.com/2025/deepseek-faq/

#opensource #freesoftware #ai #llm

Wait, why is China open-sourcing theirmodel?Well DeepSeek is, to be clear; CEO LiangWenfeng said in a must-read interview thatopen source is key to attracting talent: In the face of disruptive technologies, moats created by closed source are temporary. Even OpenAl’s closed source approach can’t prevent others from catching up. So we anchor our value in our team — our colleagues grow through this process, accumulate know-how, and form an organization and culture capable of innovation. That’s our moat. Open source, publishing papers, in fact, do not cost us anything. For technical talent, having others follow your innovation gives a great sense of accomplishment. In fact, open source is more of a cultural behavior than a commercial one, and contributing to it earns us respect. There is also a cultural attraction for a company to do this.

@9v1rt r1 is MIT licensed and the distilled are following the original license of LLAMA

https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1#7-license