Episode Details

Written AI vendor policies actually permit reverse engineering hardware you own, yet models are suddenly refusing the work anyway. Prompted by a listener trying to get an Olympus foot pedal working on Linux, this breakdown compares the written terms of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GitHub against legal interoperability exemptions. It also unpacks how two sentences added to Claude Code's Opus 5.5 prompt to prevent game cloning spilled over into blanket decompilation blocks—forcing developers to downgrade to Opus 4.8 while vendors build gated programs for professionals. Key sources: • Anthropic, Usage Policy (effective 2026-11-12) — https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup • Anthropic, Usage Policy PDF version (effective 2026-11-12) — https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/files/4zrzovbb/website/6ae2f5bb8675bcd9fac006125817ba1393b396e4.pdf • Anthropic, Consumer Terms of Service — https://assets.claude.com/43c13f51a6d9755341433f79cf63c966ed9200ea.pdf Episode 6599 — myweirdprompts.com/n/6599 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/948396) Listen on Android: MWP FM Player — myweirdprompts.com/apk