OpenAI used to be a non-profit until 2019, so they had no objection for releasing what they made. But investors tend not to look too kindly at giving your secrets away for free. It’s rather hard to get people to pay ridiculous API and licensing fees if all they have to do to get it for free is to make their own fork.
OpenAI used to be a non-profit until 2019, so they had no objection for releasing what they made. But investors tend not to look too kindly at giving your secrets away for free. It’s rather hard to get people to pay ridiculous API and licensing fees if all they have to do to get it for free is to make their own fork.