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I don't understand, software heritage doesn't make derivatives or remove the attached license.

• calvinmorrison 3y ago
  it's just piracy bro. My git repo is a portfolio. If U2 puts a music video on their website, it doesnt mean they grant you unending access to download it, back it up, redistribute it, etc. Of course not. If you take my art portfolio on your site and download and reproduce it on the wall, that's
• dustyharddrive 3y ago
  They can't be bothered to allow opt-outs (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39771318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39771318) or even attempt to check if code they're archiving is freely licensed (https://www.softwareheritage.org/faq/#25_Is_the_code_checked_for_LICENSE_file_or_any_specific_characteristic_in_the_repository_before_archiving https://www.softwareheritage.org/faq/#25_Is_the_code_checked...) It's like Common Crawl, another non-commerical mass scraping project just benevolently stealing creations for "AI" companies.
  • remram 3y ago
    Their content policy says you can: > To request the removal of a content from the Software Heritage archive, you must file a formal request containing all of the following informations: > (...) > Please send your request by e-mail to takedown@softwareheritage.org https://www.softwareheritage.org/legal/content-policy/ https://www.softwareheritage.org/legal/content-policy/ The HN thread you posted even shows that they contacted the forge's admin week in advance to check for possible concerns.
    • dustyharddrive 3y ago
      Those are instructions to send a copyright infringement notice with tons of PII. We should have higher standards for "opt-out" than that, even for non-consensual data vacuums.
  • ccgreg 3y ago
    We like calling Common Crawl a crawl, not a scraper. Our 17 year old dataset predates the current AI explosion.