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This is satire but this is where things are heading. The impact on the OSS ecosystem is probably not a net positive overall, but don't forget that this also app
by Pannoniae 7mo ago
This is satire but this is where things are heading. The impact on the OSS ecosystem is probably not a net positive overall, but don't forget that this also applies to commercial software as well.
There will be many questions asked, like why buy some SaaS with way too many features when you can just reimplement the parts you need? Why buy some expensive software package when you can point the LLM into the binary with Ghidra or IDA or whatever then spend a few weeks to reverse it?
- OkayPhysicist 7mo agoThis is going to bring back software patents.
- OJFord 7mo agoWhere did they go?
- intrasight 7mo agoI was discussing that very point yesterday with a colleague after telling him of recent events. I pointed out that leaning on copyright/copyleft for software has always been a risky move.
- piperswe 7mo agoConsidering my name's on a software patent submitted just last year, I don't think software patents have gone anywhere...
- marxisttemp 7mo agoWhat did you patent
- piperswe 7mo agoThe patent application hasn't been published yet so I can't link it, but it's the integration of a bot management system with a queuing system (think, preventing bots from taking space in the line waiting to buy tickets from Ticketmaster when everyone's in the waiting room)
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