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by joshjob42 107 days ago
If the cost to copying code based on specifications, tests, etc is so close to zero as to be functionally zero cost, then any user can simply turn their AI on any library for which there is documentation and any ability to generate tests, have it reverse engineer it, and release their reverse engineered copy on GitHub for others to use as they like.

So I'm not sure it matters whether a giant company uses it because random users can get the same thing for ~ free anyway.

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You can mostly stop that with enoiugh lawyers and requiring and agreement not to reverse engineer to access documentation or use the software.