The point is moot. Like anything else created by an automated computer process, model weights are not protected under US copyright law. The exclusion of machine

The point is moot. Like anything else created by an automated computer process, model weights are not protected under US copyright law. The exclusion of machine-generated works from copyright protection has been pretty well established by the US Copyright Office. In fact, going off letters and rulings recently published by the US Copyright Office[1], even the outputs of generative models are excluded from copyright protection, regardless of the amount of human skill (e.g., prompt composition, parameter selection) involved in their production. IANAL, but at most, publishing weights with a license may amount to little more than a ToS agreement, allowing distributors a bit more leeway in managing their legal/commercial relationship with recipients of said models. In other words, breaking the terms laid out in a text file entitled "LICENSE.txt" and distributed alongside a set of model weights may constitute a breach of contract, but it is in no way a copyright violation. [1] https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/klpygnkyrpg/AI%20COPYRIGHT%20decision.pdf https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/klpygnkyrpg/...