Ask HN: Anti-AI Open Source License?

Post by Palmik » Mon, Dec 29, 2025, 6:39 AM UTC

mod50ack wrote: post #3

Any license that discriminates based on use case would not qualify as open source under the Open Source Initiative definition, nor as free software under the FSF definition. You also shouldn't expect for your project/code to be reused by or incorporated into any free or open-source projects, since your license would be incompatible. You can release software under whatever license you want, though whether any restrict…

Post by on_the_train » Mon, Dec 29, 2025, 8:05 AM UTC

chrisoverzero wrote: post #46

on_the_train wrote: post #19

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A random "initiative" does not have the power to redefine words. If the source is available, it's open source.

Not all phrases’ meanings are derivable from the literal definitions of the words that make them up.

Post by kstrauser » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 5:31 PM UTC

gaigalas wrote: post #90

kstrauser wrote: post #84

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That’s an important point and one I’ve thought about a bit. If a human reads my code, then the next time they have to write similar code of their own, mine might be kicking around in the back of their head as an example (or maybe a counterexample if they think my implementation was awful; that’s at least equally likely). I’ve learned to code by reading what others wrote. I mean, my first exposure to code was typing i…

If I see a human copying me, I know for a fact at least one person was impacted by what I do. Even if that person never acknowledges me publicly, or forgets I even exist, I know for a fact that what I did meant something. Scrapers gobble everything up. Good, bad, memorable, non-memorable. Doesn't matter. I don't know, maybe one day I'll make a small piece of code that changes how an AI behaves (profoundly, by being i…

Post by gaigalas » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 12:25 AM UTC

kstrauser wrote: post #105

gaigalas wrote: post #90

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If I see a human copying me, I know for a fact at least one person was impacted by what I do. Even if that person never acknowledges me publicly, or forgets I even exist, I know for a fact that what I did meant something. Scrapers gobble everything up. Good, bad, memorable, non-memorable. Doesn't matter. I don't know, maybe one day I'll make a small piece of code that changes how an AI behaves (profoundly, by being i…

That makes sense. I don't personally see it quite that way, but understand why you and others might.