> The idea that intelligences [...] should be forbidden from learning from code freely shared on the internet goes against everything I like about open source.

> The idea that intelligences [...] should be forbidden from learning from code freely shared on the internet goes against everything I like about open source. Love it or lump it, this has been the battleground for most free software distribution. Just having a licensed copy of code does not permit you to do anything with it, even the BSD license has restrictive terms for the user. I'm an enormous Copyleft advocate, but arguably Open Source is only enforced by stopping people from using it illegally. If ChatGPT's fate is to turn into an GPL-licensed code-launderer, then projects have a great basis for banning it among their contributors. > I think it's fair that no one should be able to use reproduced copyright code verbatim Then I don't see how you can be upset at Open Source projects for adopting basic standards. They also want to protect their own license and community, with the main difference being that they're not in it for the money. Again - there was never any point where "Open Source" was synonymous with "do whatever you want with the code unconditionally".