Christine Lemmer-WebberMar 5
A new twist in the "AI license laundering of chardet" story https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327
No right to relicense this project · Issue #327 · chardet/chardet

Hi, I'm Mark Pilgrim. You may remember me from such classics as "Dive Into Python" and "Universal Character Encoding Detector." I am the original author of chardet. First off, I would like to thank...

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Show threadChristine Lemmer-WebberMar 5

But really, relicensing a GPL codebase to MIT is uninteresting.

Let's do the interesting one, which is: vibe code a "clean room" reimplementation of an entire proprietary codebase! After all, Microsoft released a "shared source" proprietary version of Windows. Now try seeing what happens if you run THAT through the "turn it into public domain" machine

Win-win outcome, no matter how it goes

Show threadChristine Lemmer-WebberMar 5

Winning option 1: yes, you can vibe code proprietary codebases into the public domain, allowing us to bootstrap proprietary codebases quickly

Winning option 2: stopping laundering of copyleft codebases

Either of these are interesting outcomes!

Show threadSam Vines
@cwebber Microslop committed to picking up the legal bill for anyone concerned about copyright issues with AI outputs from copilot so one could hypothetically use their tools to "clean room" implement Photoshop and then have Satya fight Adobe for your right to do so. Sounds fun to me!

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/09/07/copilot-copyright-commitment-ai-legal-concerns/
Microsoft announces new Copilot Copyright Commitment for customers - Microsoft On the Issues

With customers ask whether they can use Microsoft’s Copilot services without worrying about copyright claims, we are providing a straightforward answer: yes, you can, and if you are challenged on copyright grounds, we will assume responsibility for the potential legal risks involved.

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Show threadVal Packett 🧉Mar 5
@svines @cwebber call that Project Photoslop
Show threadBoris BarbourMar 5

@svines @cwebber

This is topical:

"To protect against this, customers ... must not attempt to generate infringing materials, including not providing input to a Copilot service that the customer does not have appropriate rights to use."