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Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month

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MoltenMonster · 1789511027 · focus · HN ↗
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> The author was banned from Asahi Linux for hiding his extensive use of LLMs from us in another attempted contribution, and (more importantly) for concealing that he is a former Apple engineer with direct contacts to the people involved in Apple Silicon development. Make of this what you will.
1. cromka · 1789512979 · focus · HN ↗
  I find it extremely ironic that big corp openly steals IP en masse to build their models but hackers are still concerned about using same models for their reverse engineering work.
  I think at this point the hacking community needs to grow some balls.
  1. rossy · 1789531828 · focus · HN ↗
    It's not ironic, it's the flipside of exactly the same reason. Bigcorps can steal with impunity because they have unlimited money to pay expensive lawyers. FOSS projects do not, so they cannot.
    otterley · 1789537348 · focus · HN ↗
    No judge I’ve ever met gave a damn how much a party spent on legal resources. With rare exceptions, they care a great deal about achieving justice, and often bend over backwards to help indigent parties avoid prejudicing themselves. Keep in mind that there are no indigent parties in this debate; both major IP rights holders and the frontier AI companies are well capitalized.
    (I worked in a federal district court for a while.)
    voakbasda · 1789537899 · focus · HN ↗
    The problem is that money buys lawyers, and you need those to get justice. If the other side spends more, you are likely to lose.
    cromka · 1789546200 · focus · HN ↗
    Not everywhere is the US.

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