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1. MoltenMonster · 1789511027 · focus · HN ↗

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   &gt; 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&#x27;s not ironic, it&#x27;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.

         1. 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.)

            1. mitxela · 1789559167 · focus · HN ↗

               The judge doesn&#x27;t directly care, but paying more for lawyers gets you better legal arguments that are more likely to win.

               1. otterley · 1789569955 · focus · HN ↗

                  I don’t know. I’ve seen high quality work product from solo practitioners. Also, even the most expensive lawyer cannot make you win when the law isn’t on your side.

                  1. mitxela · 1789637162 · focus · HN ↗

                     Can happen. Your chance is still much better if you pay more. Every plainly ridiculous precedent ever was set by the expensive lawyer side.

                     1. otterley · 1789710111 · focus · HN ↗

                        False. A substantial percentage of ridiculous precedents resulted from the Government prevailing in a case—and DAs are not the best paid lawyers by far.

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