The Corruption of Open Source w/ tante

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.

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