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I can't tell which one is a shittier actor here...
Eitherway, this is not good for end consumer lol
We always get fucked
I hate to say it, but I kinda hope the music copyright cartel wins this one, only for the precedent it would set about things like proprietary use of MS Copilot output being an infringement of GPL-licensed code.
Yeah, as someone who's fought against the RIAA/MPAA copyright lobbying in my country, I think I'm on their side on this one.
GPL code is the least concern, you can always just say the AI-generated code is GPL. What about training on leaked proprietary code? The training data already known to include medical records, CSAM, etc., wouldn't be surprised if it also contained proprietary code.
I don't know which one is better tbh
the devil you know or the one you don't!
Having all AI-generated code be either "viral" copyleft or illegal to use at all would certainly be better than allowing massive laundering of GPL-licensed code for exploitation in proprietary software.
Damn i see your point here tbh...
i am vaguely familiar with software licensing is GPL type of open source?
You could say that, LOL. It's the OG of "copyleft" licenses (the guy that made it invented the concept), although "permissive" licenses (BSD, MIT) existed before.
"Copyleft" and "permissive" are the two major categories of Free Software (a.k.a. "open source", although that term has different connotations) license. The difference between them is that "copyleft" requires future modifications by people other than the copyright holders to be released under the same terms, while "permissive" does not. In other words, "copyleft" protects the freedom of future users to control their computer by being able to modify the software on it, while "permissive" maximizes the freedom of other developers to do whatever they want with the code (including using it in proprietary apps, to exploit people).
See also: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
If they are using GPL code, shouldn't they also release their source code?
That's the argument I would be making, but it certainly isn't Microsoft's (Copilot), OpenAI's (Codex), etc's position: they think the output is sufficiently laundered from the GPL training data so as not to constitute a derivative work (which means none of the original licenses -- "open source" or otherwise -- would apply, and the recipient could do whatever they want).
Edit: actually, to be more clear, I would take either of two positions:
That the presence of GPL (or in general, copyleft) code in the training dataset requires all output to be GPL (or in general, copyleft).
That the presence of both GPL code and code under incompatible licenses in the training dataset means that the AI output cannot legally be used at all.
(Position #2 seems more likely, as the license for proprietary code would be violated, too. It's just that I don't care about that; I only care about protecting the copyleft parts.)