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Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license “vibe code” into Free Software? (fsfe.org)
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[–] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Would it be possible (legally) to make a new version of GPL stating that code generated by AI trained on the GPL copy lefted code would have to respect the GPL as well?

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    There are some unanswered legal questions around this. In the US there is fair use, so US companies argue that training falls under that. If they’re right it’s difficult to prohibit because fair use literally means they don’t need a license in the first place. If they’re wrong and they’re found to be making derivative works, then there is likely no need as the terms of the GPL would then apply to their models too and they would not survive that. Other countries have different situations.

    Any license prohibiting use for AI training would not be an OSI approvable open source license as OSI prohibits discrimination by field of endeavor.

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