Open Source AI and open washing

The Open Source Initiative has, nearly one year ago, introduced the Open Source AI Definition. While still open to modifications, the definition points out that openness in AI is a matter of both licensing rights and offering enough components so that anyone is able to meaningfully "fork" an AI system or a model for whichever purposes. Unfortunately, already many widely publicized soi-disant "Open Source" AI models and system fall way short on both counts. This is an issue of grave importance, also for the implementation of the EU AI Act -- which grants some lighter touch regulation for Open Source AI. By Carlo Piana