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

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  1. carterschonwald · · focus · HN ↗
    im pretty literate in intellectual property, but im pretty confused about the no looking at binary code artifacts bit.
    1. ADevWithAnIdea · · focus · HN ↗
      TL;DR:

      1. We want to guarantee our work is not a "derivative work" of anything Apple wrote.

      2. If we look at any Apple binaries, there's no way prove that our code didn't borrow from Apple.

      3. Since we didn't look at any Apple binaries, then there's no way our work can be a derivative work-- we didn't even look at their stuff.

      1. larpingscholar · · focus · HN ↗
        Wouldn't using OpenAI break the cleanroom?
        1. cromka · · focus · HN ↗
          Yeah I see developers constantly saying they RE stuff using LLM in a clean room way and it’s definitely an opinion, not a fact. Just look at the most recent post here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;ewninjaofficial" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;ewninjaofficial
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