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Comment by stale2002 | original | All AI-generated code should be Open Source
[−]stale2002 · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:04 UTC · link
Nobody is going to interpret the laws that way. That's completely stupid.

Everyone is using AI generated code in all sorts of ways, and the idea that the courts are just going to say "nuh-uh. All existing use of AI code is illegal" is completely ridiculous.

Courts don't upend entire economies like that. This would be the remaking of the entire software industry overnight and it would be completely unenforceable.

I'm certainly not going to listen to any such ruling and will continue making code locally. As will basically every other software engineer in the industry.

[−]simoncion · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:28 UTC · link
> Nobody is going to interpret the laws that way. That's completely stupid.

You're absolutely right! And a little more than two hours before you posted this comment, I posted this [0] one! Make sure to read the parent comment for the context... it's pretty important.

[0] <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50507914>

[−]stale2002 · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:39 UTC · link
Gotcha, not really related to my point that the courts aren't going to completely remake the entire software industry over night and neither is congress.

That's absurd. It is a fantasy. Neither lawmakers or anyone else is going to remake the software economy.