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> The context sizes are too small, the models aren't sophisticated enough, etc. Yeah, I wonder what GPL-ed code is actually infringed upon. I vividly remember
by hnfong 3y ago
> The context sizes are too small, the models aren't sophisticated enough, etc.
Yeah, I wonder what GPL-ed code is actually infringed upon. I vividly remember the time Oracle claimed Google infringed their copyrights because they copied a couple small functions, and the tech community just laughed saying the functions were too trivial. (Mind you, Java was licensed under the GPL.)
People harping that the GPL is somehow more affected by LLMs is kind of misguided. If there is copyright infringement, then almost all other licenses would be infringed too, since the vast majority of OSS licenses require keeping the copyright notice at the very least.
And the enmity towards Microsoft, whose "fault" is just having acquired shares of OpenAI, as opposed to almost every other Big Tech company who also released LLMs (and obviously injested a lot of github code), feels like the early 2000s again.