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"Additional Commercial Terms" must be removed from LICENSE to make Llama 3 open source #156

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mikemaccana opened this issue Apr 26, 2024 · 0 comments

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mikemaccana commented Apr 26, 2024

It has been stated by the Meta CEO that Llama 3 is intended to be open source. The open source definition, the rules that determine whether software is or is not open source, includes the following criterion:

  1. Distribution of License
    The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those parties.

The current LICENSE file states:

  1. Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Meta Llama 3 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.

These terms will need to be removed in order to make Llama 3 open source.

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