The Corruption of Open Source w/ tante
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 249
Episode description
Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss troubling developments in the open source world as Wordpress goes to war with WP Engine and a new definition of open source AI doesn’t require being open about training data.
tante is a sociotechnologist, writer, speaker, and Luddite working on tech and its social impact.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- tante wrote about the problem with the Open Source Initiative’s definition of open source AI.
- Check out this link for the full breakdown on the Wordpress drama.
- Wordpress changed its trademark guidelines on September 19 regarding the use of the WP abbreviation.
- Tumblr and Wordpress started selling user data for AI training earlier this year.
- A lot of the controversy around Richard Stallman started blowing up in 2019.