Morten LinderudMar 4

Apparently chardet got Claude to rewrite the entire codebase from LGPL to MIT?

https://github.com/chardet/chardet/releases/tag/7.0.0

That is one way to launder GPL code I guess?

Release 7.0.0 · chardet/chardet

Ground-up, MIT-licensed rewrite of chardet. Same package name, same public API — drop-in replacement for chardet 5.x/6.x. Just way faster and more accurate! Highlights: MIT license (previous versi...

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Show threadBubu 

@Foxboron Oh ffs: https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/7223#issuecomment-3993094073

(requests planning to switch to chardet 7+ as it's only character detection library again now that the licensing is MIT.)

Chardet is used, when it is available, not when `[use-chardet-on-py3]`-extra is installed · Issue #7223 · psf/requests

First: IMHO this is related to but not a duplicate of #5871 #7222 #7219 requests tries to use chardet when it can be imported. However, IMHO it should only use it, if requests was installed with th...

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Show threadRootWyrm 🇺🇦Mar 4

@Bubu @Foxboron somebody should inform PSF that in fact, chardet now has NO licensing and cannot be legally copyrighted or trademarked in any jurisdiction.

https://natlawreview.com/article/copyright-offices-latest-guidance-ai-and-copyrightability

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zdpxjnmmxpx/USPTO%20AI%20PATENTS%20squires.pdf

The Copyright Office’s Latest Guidance on AI and Copyrightability

The U.S. Copyright Office’s January 2025 report on AI and copyrightability reaffirms the longstanding principle that copyright protection is reserve

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Show threadRootWyrm 🇺🇦Mar 4
@Bubu @Foxboron oh, and I forgot to mention, it's also guaranteed to have numerous instances of code copied verbatim from other projects. Meaning it is also both infringing and subject to other licenses which are likely to include LGPL, GPLv3, and so on.