Basile STARYNKEVITCH <[email protected]> writes:

> 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.

We deliberately used the term "LLM", "LLM-generated", and so on, NOT "AI
assisted" or anything of that sort.

>
> Are software projects like refpersys.org (source code below) considered
> as "AI"?

Please re-read the policy.

> [...]

sam

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