- cross-posted to:
- foss@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- foss@beehaw.org
Malus, which is a piece of “satire” but also fully functional, performs a “clean room” clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell, redistribute, etc. the software without crediting the original developers. But I have a hard time with the “clean room” argument since the LLM doing the behind-the-scenes work has already ingested the entire corpus of open source software – and somehow the output of the LLMs isn’t considered a derivative work.



no, it’s trademark infringement. different type of intellectual property violation. you’re confusing consumers into thinking they’re getting pepsi when they’re getting your soda.