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Comment by x3haloed | original | All AI-generated code should be Open Source
[−]x3haloed · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:43 UTC · link
Kind of a silly position. I mean, if it's you're code verbatim, then yeah, it's a violation. Shouldn't be allowed. But like... it saw open-source code and therefore all output must be open source? I don't know about that.

Here's where I can get on board. I think people should be putting AI to work to improve everyone's lives for free. Your version of "should" is like "we should make this a law." My version of "should" is more like a moral recommendation -- we should be using as much of our subscriptions as possible to benefit everyone instead of enriching a handful of people. I view it as a natural extension of the spirit of free software to begin with. Software should be free (as in freedom), and we finally have enough development power to make real headway on that.