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grim_ioyesterday at 11:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

Forbidding distillation is like forbidding using a compiler to make another(perhaps better, more efficient) compiler.


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chuckadamsyesterday at 11:35 PM

Lots of software licenses have “non-compete” clauses that forbid you from using it to develop a competing product. Wouldn’t surprise me if there was a compiler or two out there with that restriction, most likely niche languages.

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kiiciatoday at 10:43 AM

let's call it for what it really is, only companies "entitled to legally stolen data, don't steal from us now" are crying about distilation