Most of id software's engines are open source now. Unreal engine is fully open source. PhysX is open source. None of these seem to have caused problems. And I'm skeptical it would have caused any problems if they were open source from the beginning.
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Replying to @theshawwn @citnaj
I think the missing piece here is that it's relatively uncommon in the AI world to release code and say "You can't use this for commercial purposes." But... it's actually not *that* uncommon. StyleGAN does it.
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Replying to @theshawwn @citnaj
Still, no one will blame you for taking the safe option. I'm only saying anything because it seems like it might work against your interests long-term to keep it closed. A healthy "modding community" around DeOldify seems like it would only help you. (Ditto for AI dungeon.)
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Replying to @theshawwn @citnaj
Another way to look at it: Are you sure you'd be as well-known as you are now if you hadn't made the original DeOldify model open source? How many other closed-source models have brought fame and fortune to their creators? (I'm genuinely interested in answers to this.)
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Replying to @theshawwn
So yeah don't get me wrong- I went into open sourcing both v1 and v2 (image and video), knowing that it's great for business to build a reputation like that. That was deliberate. But the examples you cited I think all had at least one thing in common: Big companies.
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Replying to @citnaj
Reddit wasn't a big company. In fact I chose Reddit specifically because they were extremely small.
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Replying to @theshawwn
Oh you're talking like pre-Digg years? Ok yeah I'm wrong on that one then. It's still a business model that's based on advertising.
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Replying to @citnaj
You can say that about any example I'd give though. "Their business model wasn't based on selling an AI model." Because that business model hasn't existed until now. Open sourcing your current model is as simple as putting a non-commercial use clause on it.
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Yeah I'm honestly really liking having the input and the discussions, even if I'm not agreeing. @theshawwn has really done a good job of encouraging thinking on this.
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