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by marcus_holmes 108 days ago
Can you expand on that, please? Which other laws are infringed if you use someone else's closed source code?
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LtWorf 108 days ago
You used an illegal leak to train your llm
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Dylan16807 108 days ago
What makes the leak illegal other than copyright?

The occasional piece of software might be a trade secret, but a person downloading a preexisting leak isn't affected by those laws.

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dataflow 108 days ago
> What makes the leak illegal other than copyright? The occasional piece of software might be a trade secret, but a person downloading a preexisting leak isn't affected by those laws.

I think 18 U.S.C. ยง 1832 (a) (3) might answer your question? https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1832

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marcus_holmes 107 days ago
To qualify as a trade secret, you have to actually register it as a trade secret.

Closed-source code is not automatically a trade secret.

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dataflow 106 days ago
That's completely false as far as I'm aware. Where did you see this? A simple web search shows numerous sources to the contrary. Are you confusing them with patents by any chance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_secret
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marcus_holmes 106 days ago
Huh, TIL something new. I was sure they had to be registered. Thanks for the correction :)
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