On: AlphaFold 3 Code

[wrsh07]

While not directly analogous, people often think "it's just math" or "it's just numbers" and therefore claim their use is ok. I would encourage those people to read about illegal numbers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

[scotty79 → wrsh07]

Those numbers are encodings of some specific information. Weights are just results of purely mathematical algorithm fed data in randomized order.

[wrsh07 → scotty79]

I think you could replace "weights" with other things that you probably would want restricted (eg private keys).

My point is exactly that: just because something is the result of some fixed mathematical process plus randomness does not mean there's no nuance and it's always ok to share/publish.

[scotty79 → wrsh07]

Can cryptographic keys be copyrightable if they were published?

In come country copyright strictly requires creative human input.

[wrsh07 → scotty79]

It can be illegal to distribute something even if it's not protected by copyright.

I don't know how courts will rule on this one, though

[scotty79 → scotty79]

*some countries