[Перевод] Лицензии слабого копилефта: могут ли они заменить пермиссивные (разрешительные) лицензии?

Среди открытых лицензий хорошо известны строгие GPL и (с другой стороны) разрешительные — MIT, Apache. Однако менее известен слабый копилефт, который находится между ними. А ведь эти лицензии имеют такие популярные приложения и библиотеки, как Mozilla Firefox, glibc, LibreOffice и другие. Подходящий ли это вариант для интеграции открытого софта с закрытым ? И стоит ли авторам ПО с открытым кодом использовать лицензии слабого копилефта вместо пермиссивных (если GPL/AGPL не подходит) ?

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1024508/

#opensource #patents #lgpl #mpl #epl #copyleft #право #copyright #линковка #gpl

God we're making Windows 3.1 look secure, aren't we, Microsoft?

Obviously don't use Windows with security like this...

Obviously use a #GNU/Linux (and make sure the Linux distro states it is #GNU/Linux and is licensed under #GPL 3 or newer.Android is not #GNU/Linux, when though it uses the Linux kernel) system when the proprietary competition publishes an operating system with "#security" like this

New Microsoft Defender “RedSun” zero-day PoC grants SYSTEM privileges https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-defender-redsun-zero-day-poc-grants-system-privileges/

Bouncy Blob, an infinite climbing and bouncing video game, is now available. Play here:

https://rocketnine.itch.io/bouncyblob

Procedural level generation via Perlin noise makes every play-through unique.

Bouncy Blob is free software, and was created during the 2026 Plug Game Jam:

https://codeberg.org/tslocum/bouncyblob

#foss #freesoftware #opensource #singleplayer #2d #gpl #agpl #software #tech #games #gaming #golang #technology #free #webassembly #linux #linuxgaming #release #announcement #ebitengine #procedural

Interesting blog post by @yoasif about #GenAI, #LLM-generated code, #copyright and #copyleft licenses (e.g. #GPL):
https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/04/08/ai-code-is-hollowing-out-open-source-and-maintainers-are-looking-the-other-way.html

TLDR:
LLM-generated code is not protected by copyright - because it was not created by a human. Therefore, it is essentially public-domain.
Now, if you start accepting LLM-generated code into a project under a copyleft license, eventually it should also become public domain (e.g. imagine an open-source project where after a few years of LLM contributions 90% of the code has been generated by an LLM).
If that project essentially doesn't fall under copyright anymore, it becomes public domain, so the author(s) can't put a license on it anymore - and hence the #copyleft license doesn't apply anymore. Everyone is free to use it, even if the original contributors intended for the project only to be usable in a #copyleft way.

The blog post touches on some interesting, but quite philosophical questions, mainly:
- Where do we draw the line between code written by a human with the help of a machine and code written by an LLM?
- How much editing of LLM-generated code is necessary until the code can be considered to have been written by a human?

You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/agpl-is-not-a-tool-for-taking-freedom-away

#OnlyOffice #gpl #agpl

@pluralistic

Hey there, I would really like to know your take on https://malus.sh/, the related https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets_end_open_source_together_with_this_one_simple_trick/ FOSDEM 2026 talk, and their utterly depressing conclusion.

Are we that far off already? Do you think it is even worth it to try to fight it off? Because they make good points... There's nothing to fight this.

#AI #LLM #cleanroom #opensouce #fosdem #fosdem2026 #gpl #freesoftware #malus #datalaundering

👀🛜 … an LWN article …
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1066103/c9766036f1dae494/
… about Denver Gingerich's #SCaLE2026 talk about the massive success of the #OpenWrt One — the 1ˢᵗ official hardware wireless router from #SFC & its OpenWrt project. The One is a shining example that proves: “if you plan for #copyleft compliance from the start, sourcing & releasing a product with correct Complete, Corresopnding Source (#CCS) from Day 0 is trivial.”

Cc: @lwn

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #Conservancy #GPL #LGPL #SCaLE