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I largely agree with the author that AI can't just magically remove license agreements by rewriting code. However, I take issue with his version of history: >
by hungryhobbit 8mo ago
I largely agree with the author that AI can't just magically remove license agreements by rewriting code.
However, I take issue with his version of history:
>The history of the GPL is the history of licensing tools evolving in response to new forms of exploitation: GPLv2 to GPLv3, then AGPL.
GPLv3 set open source backwards: it wasn't an evolution to protect anything, it was a an overly paranoid failure. Don't believe me? Just count how many GPL3 vs. how many GPL2 projects have been started since GPL3 dropped.
Again, I'm very pro-OSS, but let's not pretend the community has always had a straight line of progress forward; some stuff is crazy Stallman stuff that set us back.