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You're mistaken. All content on SO has always been creative commons licensed when you post it. Hence all spam duplicates on Google but also other cool usage of
by matsemann 2y ago
You're mistaken. All content on SO has always been creative commons licensed when you post it. Hence all spam duplicates on Google but also other cool usage of the massive data. They aren't retrospectively changing anything.
Edit: source https://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing https://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing
CC BY-SA
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoIn that case they are changing what they do instead of changing a rule about what they do. A difference with a slight distinction. The point is: people don't want their code used to train code bots. Their wishes should be respected. Not because it's legally required, but because they are our peers in this industry and worthy of respect.
- firesteelrain 2y agoIt’s fair use. Get used to it
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoYou aren't factually wrong, but this attitude is probably why developers are torching their accounts over this. Legally being in the clear is not the same thing as ethically being in the clear, and the continued abuse by the public square by these giant, faceless corporations is just engendering more hostility. And it's all well and good to make those decisions, but if code-generating AI is anything like text-generating AI, they're going to want more. Probably not a great plan to piss off all the people who produce the thing you need, for free, before you have enough of it. Assuming there is such a thing as enough of it, of course.
- firesteelrain 2y agoEveryone knew it went into the database and the fair use if you had been around SO since the beginning was always part of the deal. SO even serves ads. These “developers” are very immature and naive. SO is a business