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by sph 1258 days ago
IANAL, but unless explicitly disallowed, use as training data is allowed.

Given that no version of the GPL (or other OSI license) has provisions about that type of usage, they are all AI-friendly.

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This is the whole question.

> Given that no version of the GPL (or other OSI license) has provisions about that type of usage, they are all AI-friendly.

With copyright laws, not explicitly granted means forbidden, unless covered/overridden by law (like fair use for instance). So this could be an argument against AI use without attribution / copyleft, since it's not explicitly granted.

Now, it remains to be seen if law / jurisprudence deems AI use exempt from copyright restrictions (or something like fair use applies).