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> Cracking games is and was illegal. Only distribution.

• kennywinker 3mo ago
  Don’t think that’s correct, i think creating the cracked version of a piece of software is infringement of copyright even without distribution. But even if distribution is required to trigger the law - you are free to distribute fine-tunes of most open weight models.
  • selfhoster11 3mo ago
    Interoperability clause in the EU might make it legal? Not sure.
  • TaLiTr 3mo ago
    > creating the cracked version of a piece of software is infringement Depending where you are it might be "DRM circumvention" all the way up to some bollocks hacking charge. It's pretty murky in places because lots of copyright laws protect DRM but also have carve-outs for personal backups.
    • kennywinker 3mo ago
      I think cracking might fall under “derivative work”, but idk