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Re: AI-powered open-source code laundering

#2
not hard to believe. I’ve been using claude code and am hesitant to publish publicly because I’m concerned about copyright violations. It would be nice if there were a registry (besides github) where I could compare “new” code against public repositories.

Re: AI-powered open-source code laundering

#4

Sorry to say but this is going to be the new normal, and it's going to be quite difficult to stop. Your moat as a creator is your personal brand and the community you build around your tools.

I just hope that means we're all allowed to feed leaked source code to our own AIs then. This is mandatory if we're to have any sort of coherent legal precedent.

Re: AI-powered open-source code laundering

#5

Sorry to say but this is going to be the new normal, and it's going to be quite difficult to stop. Your moat as a creator is your personal brand and the community you build around your tools.

this is a blatant try to normalize. "Bad people do unethical things, I guess we'll have to live with it and shut up" is the vibe

the author is going good. it's not a new normal until everybody goes quiet

Re: AI-powered open-source code laundering

#7

Hopefully the spread of AI will make more people realise that everything is a derivative work. If it wasn't an AI, it was a human standing on the shoulders of giants.

I'll give you the only upvote you'll probably get for that sentiment around here. Enjoy your trip to -4 (Dead)!

Re: AI-powered open-source code laundering

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post #2

not hard to believe. I’ve been using claude code and am hesitant to publish publicly because I’m concerned about copyright violations. It would be nice if there were a registry (besides github) where I could compare “new” code against public repositories.

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Re: AI-powered open-source code laundering

#10

Hopefully the spread of AI will make more people realise that everything is a derivative work. If it wasn't an AI, it was a human standing on the shoulders of giants.

This. AI is a magnificent way to make the entire world's codebase available as a giant, cross-platform, standard library.

I welcome AI to copy my crap if that's going to help anyone in the future.

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