> v. You will not use the Llama Materials or any output or results of the Llama Materials to improve any other large language model (excluding Llama 2 or derivative works thereof).
> 2. Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Llama 2 version release date, the monthly active users of the products or services made available by or for Licensee, or Licensee’s affiliates, is greater than 700 million monthly active users in the preceding calendar month, you must request a license from Meta, which Meta may grant to you in its sole discretion, and you are not authorized to exercise any of the rights under this Agreement unless or until Meta otherwise expressly grants you such rights.
> Prohibited Uses: <a whole page full of text>
--- " If, on the Llama 2 version release date, the monthly active users of the products or services made available by or for Licensee, or Licensee’s affiliates, is greater than 700 million monthly active users in the preceding calendar month, you must request a license from Meta, which Meta may grant to you in its sole discretion. --
Doing so, technically, takes the license out of the category of “Open Source.”
Sources: Open Source Initiate Argument https://blog.opensource.org/metas-llama-2-license-is-not-ope...
Llama Terms https://ai.meta.com/resources/models-and-libraries/llama-dow...
LLaMA2 isn't "Open Source" - and why it doesn't matter https://www.alessiofanelli.com/blog/llama2-isnt-open-source
Meta can call Llama open source as much as it likes, but that doesn't mean it is https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/21/llama_is_not_open_sou...
Software licenses masquerading as open source (I wrote that one) http://marble.onl/posts/software-licenses-masquerading-as-op...
There have been lots of other posts on here about this too.
This means that the term "open source" is not legally defined (and not recognized by lawyer / judges) [and the OSD], right?
> You don’t get the source
You do IIUC. But your can't use it for all purposes (like serving 1B users), which is what makes it non open source.