Hugging Face CEO Warns of Renewed Lobbying to Restrict Open Source
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said he is hearing of renewed lobbying efforts in Washington and in state legislatures to ban or severely restrict open source. He argued that policymakers need to hear why open source matters for startups, competition, economic growth and jobs.
Delangue called on people who build with open source to speak up, and later urged them to share the message with their representatives.
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@clementdelangueI’m hearing there’s renewed lobbying in DC and in state legislatures to ban or severely restrict open-source. Like a few years ago, we’ll need everyone to help show policymakers why open-source matters: for startups, for competition, for e
@clementdelangueShare this with your representative!
@ylecunRT @ClementDelangue: I’m hearing there’s renewed lobbying in DC and in state legislatures to ban or severely restrict open-source. Like a…
@clementdelangueRT @thdxr: it's entirely fine and great for proprietary models to exist the issue is they try to kill open source behind scenes while pret…
@huggingfaceRT @ClementDelangue: I’m hearing there’s renewed lobbying in DC and in state legislatures to ban or severely restrict open-source. Like a…
@ylecunRT @ClementDelangue: Share this with your representative!