On 3/17/26 1:16 AM, Greg C wrote:
I wonder if we should take a stance similar to the one FreeCAD has taken?
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/16/rules-regarding-ai-generated-patches/
They mention:
"The contributor provides reasonable assurance that the
contribution does not infringe third-party copyrights or license
terms."
That is all nice and so, but it is my understanding (IANAL) that LLM
generated stuff cannot be copyrighted. The other problem is that there
are several lawsuits ongoing about the content these LLM are based on
and they may therefore cause a lot of trouble now or in the future.
These are, IMO, fundamental problems for any project because it becomes
a nightmare to find out a) which parts fall under copyright, b) whose
copyright that then actually is or will be if the LLM pasts someone
else's code and c) which parts do not fall under copyright at all.
Accepting LLM generated patches should be discouraged completely with
the current state of precedents. And also note, any precedents need to
be _globally_ enforceable and not just one country's opinion. We are a
long way from that state of affairs and we should err on the side of
caution.
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Greetings Bertho
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