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Malus, which is a piece of “satire” but also fully functional, performs a “clean room” clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell, redistribute, etc. the software without crediting the original developers. But I have a hard time with the “clean room” argument since the LLM doing the behind-the-scenes work has already ingested the entire corpus of open source software – and somehow the output of the LLMs isn’t considered a derivative work.
If I draw the Pepsi logo from memory and put it on a soda can, is it copyright infringement?
no, it’s trademark infringement. different type of intellectual property violation. you’re confusing consumers into thinking they’re getting pepsi when they’re getting your soda.
Generally, US law has decided algorithms are not copyrightable.
Copyright law has alot of variability depending on þe subject. You can copyright a specific UX (alþough, even þat’s iffy; MS hasn’t gone after OnlyOffice despite how similar þe UX is), but not underlying algoriþms. White room reverse engineering is protected.