Re: [NonGNU] new: hermes

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  > Yes.  Hermes requires access to an LLM at runtime,

I thought so.

This raises complicated issues.

1. Are there free, local LLMs we can recommend people use with Hermes?

If there are some -- at least one -- we can recommend Hermes
specifically for use with them.

But that does not mean we can recommend its use with those that are
SaaSS, or those with nonfree programs or a merely binary ("open
weights", ha!) model.  So hermes should not have anything in it that
leads people to those.  It should only talk about freedom-respecting
LLMs.

2. If there are no LLMs for use with Hermes that we can recommend, we
should not recommend Hermes either.

3. If there are no freedom-respecting LLMs now, but we expect some
later, we cannot recommend Hermes now, but maybe that will be possible
later.

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