Nice article. That's exactly what I've been complaining about for the last year.
In the end it's not super obvious how to apply the term "open source" to AI models. And not everyone uses the OSI definition anyways.
And after all the lawsuits started last year, it's clear why they do it. To protect themselves. Maybe it's going to get better once we update our legislation.
Ultimately, the community needs to decide what it’s trying to achieve
And I'd underline that this "community" consists of multi billion dollar big tech companies that have the millions to spare to train these models. It's not "we" the people.