Hello all, related to https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2026-August/248648.html
> > # Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps: > # (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this > License > # giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it. > > so copyrighting the software is a means to an end, not an end in > itself. > > What happens if a patch contains a non-trival amount of code that > cannot be copyrighted because it was assisted by AI? > > If some third party were to distribute a binary of gcc, they would > still be obliged to distribute the source that is covered by the > GPLv3. I tend to agree (long time ago I was involved in GCC: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.0779 ...) at that time using AI inspired techniques. I also don't understand what is AI assisted code generation, because that requires a (computable) definition of AI. Are software projects like refpersys.org (source code below) considered as "AI"? Are code generators like https://carburetta.com/ considered as AI (they do use some clever AI techniques, and could be extended to use even better one). Is a large GNU emacs plugin or software using machine learning techniques (e.g. extending or above or using or related to https://github.com/magikerwin/ML-From-Scratch-With-CPP ...) In some countries (including mine, France) a lot of GCC code can be and has been funded thru calls (or sponsors) related to artificial intelligence? Thos interested by that topic might look also at http://bootstrappingartificialintelligence.fr/WordPress3/ and a few books by Jacques Pitrat (see wikipedia). The current many GCC plugins and extensions could be (and sometimes are) considered as "AI". Thanks for reading. NB: I now work on refpersys.org and it is a GPL licensed C++ inference engine for expert systems. Help is accepted. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH <[email protected]> 8 rue de la Faïencerie http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ 92340 Bourg-la-Reine https://github.com/bstarynk France https://github.com/RefPerSys/RefPerSys https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-5250
