Christian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :īŧŧīšĨMar 8
Steve Troughton-Smith

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116194875980186905

Have two agents talk to each other, one who can see the original and one who can't, and you can launder any GPL'd code you like

Mar 8 at 6:59pmIvory for Mac
Show threadFabio BaccaglioniMar 8
@stroughtonsmith and don't say anyone you used agents 😋
Show threadMarkVMar 8
@stroughtonsmith Would this work legally if you set up two human agents that way? Not a full clean room, more an obfuscation layer in the middle?
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithMar 8
@markv that's how it works, yeah. One person can see the original, but can only describe it to the second person. The second person, who has never seen the original, does a clean-room implementation based on the description. This is how the original IBM PC BIOS was cloned, I think?
Show threadKevin DenteMar 8
@stroughtonsmith @daringfireball can you even say "an agent who can't see the original"? Isn't all of that code in the training for these models?
Show threadDaniel ☀Mar 8
@kevindente @stroughtonsmith @daringfireball I think this is a great point.
Show threadenMTWMar 9
@stroughtonsmith The GPL is a bad ideology created by a pedophile, so it won't be missed by many good people.