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> OpenAI recently fed everything on GitHub into a language model which will cheerfully reproduce GPL'd software without license or attribution. Currently, when
by lo_zamoyski 3y ago
> OpenAI recently fed everything on GitHub into a language model which will cheerfully reproduce GPL'd software without license or attribution.
Currently, when does reproducing code become a violation of the GPL? If I see an interesting function in a project under the GPL, can I copy it? What if I rename the variables? Or what if I reimplement the function exactly? Approximately? Add perturbations Etc, etc. I get ship of Theseus vibes.