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Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

#11

Post by charcircuit » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC

>incorporate knowledge carrying an illiberal license.

Copyright prevents copying. It doesn't prevent using knowledge.

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by kvuj » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC

nurettin wrote: post #4

It is amusing to see that the only concern seems to be about a confusion around licensing, not the validity or maintainability of the code itself.

How is that different than a human writing the code? Whether an AI or a human wrote it, I would expect the same bar of validity/maintainability.

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by nurettin » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC

g0xA52A2A wrote: post #10

nurettin wrote: post #4

It is amusing to see that the only concern seems to be about a confusion around licensing, not the validity or maintainability of the code itself.

Is it worth the effort to review until such implications are understood?

No of course not, bike shedding licenses is where it is at.

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by dana321 » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

bitwizeshift wrote: post #2

Paywalled article on something vibe-coded? That seems like a bold strategy.

click to continue

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by greyface- » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

throwatdem12311 wrote: post #5

Can someone just copyright wash Windows already.

ReactOS did this without any need for an LLM.

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by himata4113 » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

croes wrote: post #6

LeFantome wrote: post #3

Vibe coding and OpenBSD. The perfect combination.

Vibe coding and file systems are even better

trying to load with linux ext4 hmm doesn't load, but it works with my version!

Must be a bug in the linux kernel, let me git clone and build an out-of-tree module...

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by nurettin » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

kvuj wrote: post #12

nurettin wrote: post #4

It is amusing to see that the only concern seems to be about a confusion around licensing, not the validity or maintainability of the code itself.

How is that different than a human writing the code? Whether an AI or a human wrote it, I would expect the same bar of validity/maintainability.

To me, SOTA is just bad at DRY, KISS, succint, well architected, top down, easy to test code and has to be constantly steered to come close. Even the article suggests that. YMMV.

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by LeFantome » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

croes wrote: post #6

LeFantome wrote: post #3

Vibe coding and OpenBSD. The perfect combination.

Vibe coding and file systems are even better

Kent Overstreet has already blazed that trail.

Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

LeFantome wrote: post #3

Vibe coding and OpenBSD. The perfect combination.

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Re: Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD

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Post by bt1a » Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

g0xA52A2A wrote: post #8

Wow that thread just kept going. Whilst the LWN article covered most of the "highlights" I think this reply from Theo is pretty suscient on the topic at large [1]. [1] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=177425035627562&w=2

> Lacking Copyright (or similarily a Public Domain declaration by a human), we don't receive sufficient rights grants which would permit us to include it into the aggregate body of source code, without that aggregate body becoming less free than it is now.

Thats awesome lmao