This has become less common in recent days, at least for image generation (e. g. safetensors in Stable Diffusion).
The point of opensource models is that they can be finetuned. When many people create finetuned versions, a zoo of models appear. So far so good (maybe), but the bad practice of using untrusted code from the zoo sooner or later will lead to a wave of cryptominers, ransomware, and credential theft incidents.
The point of opensource models is that they can be finetuned. When many people create finetuned versions, a zoo of models appear. So far so good (maybe), but the bad practice of using untrusted code from the zoo sooner or later will lead to a wave of cryptominers, ransomware, and credential theft incidents.