See discussion of an earlier draft here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33458374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33458374 We've removed "Open Sourc

See discussion of an earlier draft here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33458374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33458374 We've removed "Open Source" from the name because the license may be incompatible with point 6 of the OSI definition here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Source_Definition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Source_Definition Here is the license text: Copyright (C) <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Use in source or binary form for the construction or operation of predictive software generation systems is prohibited. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. The above is a verbatim (word-for-word) copy of the BSD 2-Clause License (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses), except for the addition of a third clause: 3. Use in source or binary form for the construction or operation of predictive software generation systems is prohibited. The BSD license restricts both "redistribution" and "use": Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Training a Copilot-like system is unambiguously "use" in violation of the new third clause. Comments and suggestions are welcome.