I dislike how they call their model open source even though there are restrictions on how you can use the model. The ability to use code however you want and not have to worry about if all the code you are using is compatible with your use case is a key part of open source.
I don't know why you're being downvoted. The model's license is unambiguously noncompliant with the Open Source Definition, yet they falsely claim it to be open source anyway. That's just as misleading as calling a product full of HFCS "sugar free" and saying it's okay because by "sugar", you just mean cane sugar.
The code is open source, the model is a data file that the open source code operates on. It's similar to engine recreations for old games (OpenRCT, OpenTTD) that use original, proprietary assets to play the games with their open source engines.
Similar to those games, anyone is also able to distribute their own open data files if they so wish
It's unlikely anyone actually will start training an open source AI model from scratch because doing so costs insane amounts of money, but the same can be said about the many hours of work recreating game assets can take for open source game engines.
I don't know what your point is. They use the terms "open source AI models" and "open source Generative AI models"
Yes, someone else could spend the millions of dollars to create a model that actually is open source, but shouldn't the people advertising their models as open source do that?
Should they distribute the data files according to the open source standards? Maybe. "Open" does not mean "open source", though; "open data" does not necessarily allow unlimited access and use of such data available, it's usually behind some kind of ToS document nobody reads and an API key. Applying open source expectations to anything with open in the name will often leave you disappointed outside the FOSS world.
Does not openly distributing their data files make their code any less open source? I don't think so. The code is open and licensed with a FOSS license. They spend time and money on creating a model and give the world the ability to replicate their model if it can collect the necessary funds. There are plenty of other open source projects that require vast arrays of server racks and compute power to be useful, that doesn't change anything about the openness of the code.
