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  • P2P torrent users are nothing like a code hosting platform. 🤣

    As has been said - their liability for llm code is no different from hosting any other code. They already have the same risk. And that is typically that they must respond to take-down notices which they are already doing.

    They are already dealing with all of the problems they would be dealing with with llm code.

    It’s just code puritanism wrapped in pseudo legal justification. Own it.



  • Yeah - it’s well known that scripts to automate doing bad things did not exist before llms.

    People have tried using forges to host explicitly illegal material all the time. Not just “this may be a copyright issue perhaps maybe”.

    The copyright complaint is a fig leaf to hide their shame.

    They also outright banned cryptocurrency code with no “copyright fig leaf” apologia.

    It’s code puritanism plain and simple. “We don’t like these things so we’re banning them.”


  • People can upload code that violates copyright too. No llm required.

    So if that is the concern have a rule about not violating copyright (which they may already have). And there is likely already a process for handling that.

    This is the problem I have with the situation: the solution chosen (banning llm code) doesn’t really address the concerns they’ve raised directly. It’s just apologetics to make it sound like it’s reason-based rather than “we don’t like it”.

    It’s their platform, they can do what they want, but let’s not pretend it’s not code-puritanism.






  • Are y’all dense or just being purposefully obtuse? If you went out on your bike and there was a weird new obstacle on a road you’ve ridden on before that caused you to hit it you’d be apoplectic. And rightly so. People get used to things being in a certain way.

    When you’ve driven for 20+ years you start to expect lines, curbs, etc. And so introducing something brand new like this can take some adjusting. Making it short, with no reflectors, and without a bright color, was simply a stupid idea with predictable results.