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License for what? They don't have a copyright except maybe in the easily reimplemented Python code. Model weights are not copyrightable creative works, no matt
by Hizonner 1y ago
License for what? They don't have a copyright except maybe in the easily reimplemented Python code.
Model weights are not copyrightable creative works, no matter how much various companies wish they were.
At least they're not copyrightable until either legislatures extend the list of what's copyrightable, or courts have definitively show their willingness to reinterpret the words in the existing definitions far outside of their established legal meanings, their established meanings in common speech, and/or any sane analogy to those established meanings.
Yes, I am aware that collections and databases are copyrightable. Models don't have the elements required for a copyrightable collection or database. I'm also aware that software is copyrightable. Models don't have the elements required for copyrightable software. They just flat out aren't works of authorship in any way. How much effort goes into creating them is irrelevant; that's not part of what defines a copyrightable work.