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Re: DSpark: Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference [pdf]

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> I never said they oppose each other. Are you not implying below, with your words, that working exclusively on open source cannot bring money? > If they exclusively work on open source stuff where are they getting money from to survive? You seem to imply that open source is incompatible with making money. You seem to believe that if someone is making money they are not doing "exclusively open source" but something e…

> Are you not implying below, with your words, that working exclusively on open source cannot bring money? No I am implying that it in itself does not generate money because it is given away freely. Open source can draw donations but that is not part of a transaction and the source of that money is from incentivized labor. > You seem to imply that open source is incompatible with making money. You seem to believe tha…

> Where did I exaggerate or dogmatize anything?

The problem is you define open source as giving away software, and any money making aspect as "not open source". That is the exaggeration.

If one releases some software as open source and charges for support they are living of open source (my pov), not doing some open source + something else on the side (your pov). I disagree with your definition of open source.

Imagine I create my own illustrations and make them available for free (with some conditions GPL, or even almost without conditions MIT) and print tshirts with the illustrations, and sell them for money. Would it be fair to say I live of being an illustrator? or would you argue I am not living of my illustrations, that I am merely giving them away and really selling tshirts is the business?

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