Lawyers weigh in: defendants would win cases over open source model licenses
markjeffrey · x · 2026-09-13
Responding to Jason's question about who will be the first developer arrested for using an open source model without a license, prestonjbyrne argues that in the US lawyers would line up to take the case—and the defendant would win—implying criminal enforcement of open model licenses is legally dubious. The exchange touches on the contested enforceability of open-weight model licenses.
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