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Re:Show HN: GPT Repo Loader – load entire code repos into GP... by PartiallyTyped on Friday March 17, 2023 @07:20AM (#35195536)
For anyone interested, this is called "clean room design"[1]. Unfortunately it doesn't protect against patents, but it does against copyright.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design

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Re:Show HN: GPT Repo Loader – load entire code repos into GP... by EMIRELADERO on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:02AM (#35197195)
This is an overcomplicated method of applying the idea/expression dychotomy. It is perfectly legal to not use clean room design, as shown by the Sega v. Accolade and Sony v. Connectix cases.
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