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Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by ranger_danger »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #27
lvncelot wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the link, seems weird that they've nuked the rest of the README instead of just posting that update at the top.

I wonder how long until GitHub acts on the DMCA? I am not familiar with the process. OpenAI issues DMCA to GitHub, GitHub passes it along to the user, user... has the right to ignore it and leave all of the content up and update the README with a poem?

Github first disables the repo as soon as the report is received, and then waits for a response/appeal from the user before any further action is taken.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by zeven7 »

htareque wrote: post #16
zeven7 wrote: post #11

Predictable. You could just come up with an original name and be fine. "GPT4" obviously means the OpenAI product to people. For those ootl, here's the previous thread where OP was given a lot of advice from the HN community to change the name https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35608437

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these seem like two different projects: gpt4all and gpt4free, by different people.

Ah, I didn't realize it was a different project. Either way, it seems like they share the same problem.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by spookie »

rwl4 wrote: post #23

This project is designed to allow people to use ChatGPT via reversed engineered private APIs. It's not surprising they went after this. Here's the project description from the README: Have you ever come across some amazing projects that you couldn't use just because you didn't have an OpenAI API key? We've got you covered! This repository offers reverse-engineered third-party APIs for GPT-4/3.5, sourced from various…

If they've actually reverse engineered I see no reason in this going anywhere.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by conradev »

rwl4 wrote: post #23

This project is designed to allow people to use ChatGPT via reversed engineered private APIs. It's not surprising they went after this. Here's the project description from the README: Have you ever come across some amazing projects that you couldn't use just because you didn't have an OpenAI API key? We've got you covered! This repository offers reverse-engineered third-party APIs for GPT-4/3.5, sourced from various…

Releasing code to use undocumented APIs is speech, and is regulated as such

You have to run the code to violate the terms of use, which is primarily used to bar you from the service for misusing it.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by ranger_danger »

dcow wrote: post #26
zeven7 wrote: post #11

Predictable. You could just come up with an original name and be fine. "GPT4" obviously means the OpenAI product to people. For those ootl, here's the previous thread where OP was given a lot of advice from the HN community to change the name https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35608437

Yep. It’s an affinity scam. It has nothing to do with GPT4. IIRC it’s just some model with a GPT-like interface offered for free. Once they change their name to something that isn't trying to catch GPT4’s sails in an completely dishonest and scummy manner, we can discuss it further. To the CrabLang folks,: this is why you care about trademarks. So when someone does this you can protect your project from scammers. EDI…

>this is why you care about trademarks

Yes but often FOSS projects and their developers do not have the money or desire to: enforce any trademark or license, apply for the trademark itself, or market the trademark in any meaningful way.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by selfmodruntime »

conradev wrote: post #35
rwl4 wrote: post #23

This project is designed to allow people to use ChatGPT via reversed engineered private APIs. It's not surprising they went after this. Here's the project description from the README: Have you ever come across some amazing projects that you couldn't use just because you didn't have an OpenAI API key? We've got you covered! This repository offers reverse-engineered third-party APIs for GPT-4/3.5, sourced from various…

Releasing code to use undocumented APIs is speech, and is regulated as such You have to run the code to violate the terms of use, which is primarily used to bar you from the service for misusing it.

Time and time again.

You are protected in your speech from the government. Commercial law does and will still apply. Arbitrary company decisions happen all the time, and GitHub makes it clear that they won’t refrain from deleting repos for whatever reason.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Post by sandis »

A lot of comments confuse this with a different repo. It has nothing to do with the name. This project is/was a way to use LLM APIs on someone else's dime. It's the equivalent of "S3 4 free" where someone would collect exposed AWS credentials and use them to store their stuff.
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