Is it open source if weights stay locked away?

A developer questioned whether releasing a paper and listing a model on HuggingFace, while refusing all requests for code or weights, still counts as open source, sparking debate over the blurred boundaries of the term.

2026-09-04 ~ 2026-09-04 · 2 related posts

• Paper published, model on HuggingFace, but no code or weights: is that open source? — ivan_bezdomny · 2026-09-04

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