cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44059976
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44059967
for those not familiar with Mark Pilgrim, he is/was a prolific author, blogger, and hacker who abruptly disappeared from the internet in 2011.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/968527
This whole “we don’t want the GPL” movement is ridiculous. The modern open source ecosystem exists because of the GPL, and moving away from it means rapid reversion to straight up theft of code by big corporations.
The AI-rewrite should be considered a derivative, & therefore subject to the parent-license, I believe.
Except that AI doesn’t have any right to copyright, & therefore to licensing.
Which means that it’s just an illegal derivative made by a tool.
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Not sure why downvoted, this is the correct take
AI Bros are fucking wild.
