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A comment on Ask HN: If LLM reverse engineering is deemed illegal, is that precedent for OSS?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: If LLM reverse engineering is deemed illegal, is ... by verdverm on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:25PM (#50409940)
Where is it illegal? I know of many examples where people are running companies doing this across a variety of domains. (not software, no ai)

Trade secrets have no legal protection

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Re:Ask HN: If LLM reverse engineering is deemed illegal, is ... by apatheticonion on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:29PM (#50409953)
It's a fair question. Are you familiar with clean room concepts and why they are required to circumvent the legal hurdles associated with reverse engineering projects?
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Re:Ask HN: If LLM reverse engineering is deemed illegal, is ... by verdverm on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:51PM (#50410031)
Where are you getting this legal hurdle stuff from? People have been doing this since forever

Sandy Monroe is a great current example, tears down cars and builds reports. The auto industry has distillation built in

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