Posted by pabs3 7 hours ago
> (89) Third parties making accessible to the public tools, services, processes, or AI components other than general-purpose AI models, should not be mandated to comply with requirements targeting the responsibilities along the AI value chain, in particular towards the provider that has used or integrated them, when those tools, services, processes, or AI components are made accessible under a free and open-source licence. ...
> Article 2, 12. This Regulation does not apply to AI systems released under free and open-source licences, unless they are placed on the market or put into service as high-risk AI systems or as an AI system that falls under Article 5 or 50.
Let's see if the EU AI Act will be adjusted in the same spirit as discussed in the linked discussion.
What does that mean?
I don't agree with that position legally, but I do mechanically. The point of the GPL family (to pick one random type of licence) is that the end user should have the capability to modify the product to their own ends, and I don't think fine-tuning provides enough capability to qualify.