{
  "id": 2384090,
  "title": "[$] Considering the OpenMDW license",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/considering-the-openmdw-license",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:42:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1089251/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The open-source world has been struggling for a few years now to understand how to approach large language models (LLMs) and the licensing applied to them. What constitutes \"freedom\" with respect to a black box filled with numerical weights? The process taken by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) in the development of its Open AI Definition was controversial at best, as was its output. Now, the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}