Why Give It Away
Zuckerberg: We believe it's generally positive to open source a lot of our infrastructure. One — we don't have a cloud business. We're not selling access to the infrastructure. So giving it away is fine.
When we do give it away, we generally benefit from innovation from the ecosystem. When other people adopt the stuff, it increases volume and drives down prices.
We don't have a cloud business. Giving it away is fine. We benefit from the ecosystem's innovation.
Competitors Talking Their Book
Zuckerberg: I do sometimes get the sense that some of the folks whose business model is to sell access to closed models — they have to be careful. They are also talking their book when they talk about the dangers of open source. Their whole business depends on selling access to proprietary models.
Open source software is generally more secure because it's more scrutinized. Every piece of software has bugs, but the more people who can look at it, the more you identify the issues. If there's a single closed super-intelligence and someone exploits it — everyone gets screwed at the same time. Open source, people find issues and it gets patched across the industry.
They're talking their book. Their business depends on selling proprietary models.