• FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      I’m not talking about Linux.

      The context of my reply is about LLM generated code and the downstream use of it in a product.

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      LLMs themselves being products of copyright isnt the legal question at issue, it’s the downstream use of that product.

      Assuming that the code is 100% LLM generated and uncopyrightable does not affect the ability to enforce license restrictions created via End User Licensing on downstream uses of that product.

      A piece of software that is unable to be copyrighted due to being 100% generated can be licensed and can expect to have that license enforced via contract law.

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        10 hours ago

        Ah, ok. This is a conversation about Linux, so that doesn’t apply. Linux is open source, so it wouldn’t matter if someone wanted to enforce a EULA, anyone else could just take the source and do what they want with it.

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          9 hours ago

          That may be what you were talking about, but you replied to me and I was not having a conversation about Linux.

          I know, I asked myself.