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1. It's conventional to do so. 2. It's a legal requirement in some jurisdictions (e.g. https://www.gov.uk/running-a-limited-company/signs-stationery-and-promot

1. It's conventional to do so. 2. It's a legal requirement in some jurisdictions (e.g. https://www.gov.uk/running-a-limited-company/signs-stationery-and-promotional-material https://www.gov.uk/running-a-limited-company/signs-stationer...) 3. It's useful for people who may be interested in applying for jobs

iLoveOncall 1y ago
1. No it's not. Top GitHub repository from Google as an example: https://github.com/google/material-design-icons https://github.com/google/material-design-icons I think you'd actually be hard pressed to find a single repository where the company that owns it lists where they are registered. 2. This is a requirement for companies registered in the UK. You should also read your own link, it doesn't say anything about the company's presence on 3rd party websites. 3. This is such a remote reason it's laughable, there are plenty more things that are more relevant to potential job applications, such as whether they are hiring at all or not. You just want them to mention it because it's a Chinese company. If they were American, Mexican, German or Zimbabwean you wouldn't give the slightest fuck.
- noelwelsh 1y ago
  OP said "official pages", which I took to mean the company website: https://www.minimax.io/ https://www.minimax.io/ Also, thanks for putting words in my mouth. If they were Mexican or Zimbabwean I would find it very interesting to see a roughly SOtA model coming from that country.
- npteljes 1y ago
  Your link's parent page (https://github.com/google https://github.com/google) states that they are in the United States of America, on the top, so it's not a good example. I don't know about your OP, but even as a layperson, I personally like to check where my things come from. And yes, I am mostly curious about which wide geopolitical region the thing is from. In case of IT projects, it matters when I want to include them in a project.
spinningarrow 1y ago
> It's conventional to do so Where do you see that? e.g. I just checked https://openai.com/about/ https://openai.com/about/ and it doesn't say where they are based. I have no associations either way, but I usually have to work hard to find out where startups are based.
- laurentb 1y ago
  it's right there in their terms of use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/ https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/ bottom of each of their pages
  - nashashmi 1y ago
    > If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed, please send notice to the address below or fill out this form. We may delete or disable content that we believe violates these Terms or is alleged to be infringing and will terminate accounts of repeat infringers where appropriate. OpenAI, L.L.C. 1455 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Attn: General Counsel / Copyright Agent Is this what you are talking about?
diggan 1y ago
> 1. It's conventional to do so. I can't say I remember any model/weights release including the nation where the authors happen to live or where the company is registered. Usually they include some details about what languages they've included to train on, and disclose some of their relationships, which you could use for inferring that from. But is it really a convention to include the nation the company happen to be registered in, or where the authors live, in submitted papers? I think that'd stick out more to me, than a paper missing such a detail.
- noelwelsh 1y ago
  OP said "official pages", which I took to mean the company website: https://www.minimax.io/ https://www.minimax.io/ not the repo or the paper.
  - diggan 1y ago
    Ok, lets change the argument to "It's conventional for companies to publish what country they're located in on their project's page", which companies are doing this? Not even OpenAI or Anthropic are doing this as far as I can tell.
    - noelwelsh 1y ago
      If you mean a Github page, like text generated from the `README.md`, then I do not expect any mention of country there.
      - diggan 1y ago
        > If you mean a Github page I'm trying to figure out what you mean here. Where do you expect the country to be mentioned?
powerapple 1y ago
I compared its website with openai's, not much different, both do not say it is an American company or a Chinese company. Most time only when the company is targeting its domestic market, very popular for food products, some will even label the country name on the package.

iLoveOncall 1y ago

1. No it's not. Top GitHub repository from Google as an example: https://github.com/google/material-design-icons https://github.com/google/material-design-icons I think you'd actually be hard pressed to find a single repository where the company that owns it lists where they are registered. 2. This is a requirement for companies registered in the UK. You should also read your own link, it doesn't say anything about the company's presence on 3rd party websites. 3. This is such a remote reason it's laughable, there are plenty more things that are more relevant to potential job applications, such as whether they are hiring at all or not. You just want them to mention it because it's a Chinese company. If they were American, Mexican, German or Zimbabwean you wouldn't give the slightest fuck.

noelwelsh 1y ago
OP said "official pages", which I took to mean the company website: https://www.minimax.io/ https://www.minimax.io/ Also, thanks for putting words in my mouth. If they were Mexican or Zimbabwean I would find it very interesting to see a roughly SOtA model coming from that country.
npteljes 1y ago
Your link's parent page (https://github.com/google https://github.com/google) states that they are in the United States of America, on the top, so it's not a good example. I don't know about your OP, but even as a layperson, I personally like to check where my things come from. And yes, I am mostly curious about which wide geopolitical region the thing is from. In case of IT projects, it matters when I want to include them in a project.

spinningarrow 1y ago

> It's conventional to do so Where do you see that? e.g. I just checked https://openai.com/about/ https://openai.com/about/ and it doesn't say where they are based. I have no associations either way, but I usually have to work hard to find out where startups are based.

laurentb 1y ago
it's right there in their terms of use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/ https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/ bottom of each of their pages
- nashashmi 1y ago
  > If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed, please send notice to the address below or fill out this form. We may delete or disable content that we believe violates these Terms or is alleged to be infringing and will terminate accounts of repeat infringers where appropriate. OpenAI, L.L.C. 1455 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94158 Attn: General Counsel / Copyright Agent Is this what you are talking about?

diggan 1y ago

> 1. It's conventional to do so. I can't say I remember any model/weights release including the nation where the authors happen to live or where the company is registered. Usually they include some details about what languages they've included to train on, and disclose some of their relationships, which you could use for inferring that from. But is it really a convention to include the nation the company happen to be registered in, or where the authors live, in submitted papers? I think that'd stick out more to me, than a paper missing such a detail.

noelwelsh 1y ago
OP said "official pages", which I took to mean the company website: https://www.minimax.io/ https://www.minimax.io/ not the repo or the paper.
- diggan 1y ago
  Ok, lets change the argument to "It's conventional for companies to publish what country they're located in on their project's page", which companies are doing this? Not even OpenAI or Anthropic are doing this as far as I can tell.
  - noelwelsh 1y ago
    If you mean a Github page, like text generated from the `README.md`, then I do not expect any mention of country there.
    - diggan 1y ago
      > If you mean a Github page I'm trying to figure out what you mean here. Where do you expect the country to be mentioned?

powerapple 1y ago

I compared its website with openai's, not much different, both do not say it is an American company or a Chinese company. Most time only when the company is targeting its domestic market, very popular for food products, some will even label the country name on the package.