On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM bjc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greg Hogan <[email protected]> writes: > > > This is not applicable to our project as GNU and Guix do not take > > ownership, only requiring the contribution be licensed. LLM output is > > licensable so your concerns are allayed. > > i do not believe you can license products of the public domain — which > llm output is, at least in some places — as there are no property rights > to assert. > > if you know otherwise, can you direct me to those sources? i would find > it very strange, but the law is often strange. > > i don't know what that means for including significant llm code in gpl > licensed works, though i suspect it means you can't do it. again, i'd > love to see actual legal arguments that cover this. > > -bjc
Permissively licensed code (ASL/MIT/BSD) can be combined with copyleft code. Public domain is simply the most permissive. The GNU GPL FAQ discusses licensing and the public domain: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
