The academy vs. open source
And open source is gaining in quality
Artificial Reading for an Encyclopedia Written by Machines: Reflections on
a Handcrafted Wikipedia in the Face of Generative Vertigo
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Reflexión sobre el valor de hacer a mano una enciclopedia, pese a que una
inteligencia artificial generativa pudiera simular el resultado. ¿No es más
impor...
2 days ago
2 comments:
I believe that is a misuse of the term "open source". Firefox is open source, so is Linux. That means anyone can actually download, view and modify the source files without repercussions. Such action is even encouraged by the original authors.
What you (or for that matter, the author of the article) are referring to is "open" or "free". There is no actual source involved.
Wikipedia refers to itself as "free-content".
Tycho of Penny Arcade's opinion on Wikipedia
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