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Predictable. You could just come up with an original name and be fine. "GPT4" obviously means the OpenAI product to people. For those ootl, here's the previous
by zeven7 3y ago
Predictable. You could just come up with an original name and be fine. "GPT4" obviously means the OpenAI product to people.
For those ootl, here's the previous thread where OP was given a lot of advice from the HN community to change the name https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35608437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35608437
- htareque 3y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but these seem like two different projects: gpt4all and gpt4free, by different people.
- MacsHeadroom 3y agoYou are correct. This is not the similarly named open source LLM "GPT4All." GPT4Free is an API reverse engineering and proxy project which exposes an API to use the real GPT4 by proxy through GPT4 based services like the search engine Phind.
- zeven7 3y agoAh, I didn't realize it was a different project. Either way, it seems like they share the same problem.
- dcow 3y agoYep. It’s an affinity scam. It has nothing to do with GPT4. IIRC it’s just some model with a GPT-like interface offered for free. Once they change their name to something that isn't trying to catch GPT4’s sails in an completely dishonest and scummy manner, we can discuss it further. To the CrabLang folks,: this is why you care about trademarks. So when someone does this you can protect your project from scammers. EDIT I might be conflating GPT4all with this… which doesn't make the situation any better and kinda proves my point. This type of scam is confusing and deceptive. And this one seems actively malignant.
- ranger_danger 3y ago>this is why you care about trademarks Yes but often FOSS projects and their developers do not have the money or desire to: enforce any trademark or license, apply for the trademark itself, or market the trademark in any meaningful way.
- dcow 3y agoI should have said (to the CrabLang folks): this is why the Rust foundation cares about trademarks.
- anonymousiam 3y agoThe DMCA is not applicable to trademarks. https://theholmesfirm.com/takedown-notices-why-trademarks-and-copyrights-are-so-valuable-but-can-lead-to-damages-for-infringers/ https://theholmesfirm.com/takedown-notices-why-trademarks-an...