diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi index f8913e5c4..f2f095861 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi @@ -4084,6 +4084,22 @@ At this point (in 2025), a Large Language Model execution engine that is Free Software is @samp{ollama}, that can be downloaded from @url{https://ollama.com/}. +Next, you will need to pick a Large Language Model. +There are two properties to watch out for: +@itemize @bullet +@item +The license under which the LLM is released. +While some LLMs are under a Free Software license +(most often the Apache 2.0 license) +and are thus ``open weights'' models +(see @url{https://opensource.org/ai/open-weights}), +others have licenses with usage restrictions. +@item +The size of the LLM. +Generally, it should be smaller than the available RAM size +of your machine on which you will run the LLM execution engine. +@end itemize + Together with an LLM of reasonable quality, such as the model @code{ministral-3:14b}, the system requirements are as follows: