DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine

Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine by EMIRELADERO on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:03AM (#50166641)

It doesn't matter anyway. Weights aren't IP so the licenses are bunk.

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Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine by clcaev on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:35PM (#50168971)

> Weights aren't IP so the licenses are bunk.

This is not yet a given, I expect rule-making or copyright law expansion if courts rule otherwise.

Things also change. In the 80s lawyers carefully suggested white pages phone listings came under copyright but "sweat of the brow" was rejected by US supreme court in Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)

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Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine by droidjj on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:39PM (#50169043)

I assume weights can also be IP in the form of trade secrets.

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Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine by aand16 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:28PM (#50173573)

Wouldn't that be the processing of obtaining the weights, and not the weights themselves?

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