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by Luker88 62 days ago
NIT: All AI code satisfies the GPL license.

Anything generated by an AI is public domain. You can include public domain in your GPL code.

I would urge some stronger requirement with the help of a lawyer. You only need a comment like "completely coded by AI, but 100% reviewed by me" to make that code's license worthless.

The only AI-generated part copyrightable are the ones modified by a human.

I am afraid that this "waters down" the actual licensed code.

...We should start opening issues on "100% vibecoded" projects for relicensing to public domain to raise some awareness to the issue.
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manquer 62 days ago
> Anything new generated by an AI is public domain[1]

Language models do generate character for character existing code on which they are trained on . The training corpus usually contain code which is only source available but is not FOSS licensed .

Generated does not automatically mean novel or new the bar needed for IP.

[1] Even this is not definitely ruled in courts or codified in IP law and treaties yet .

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