Almost two decades ago, Soeren, Mikio, and myself advocated for #opensource software in #machinelearning. We got lucky that the community was ready to transition away from closed source languages, and had the support of many senior people in the field who amplified our voices. I wonder who is agitating right now for open infrastructure in artificial intelligence? https://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/papers/v8/sonnenburg07a.html These following community sites are sadly slowly decaying... https://mloss.org/ http://mldata.org/