funnily enough if you actually read the Developer Certificate of Origin as written in 2006 it would completely disallow LLM usage. Point b) reads
> The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
and it's not even truly me making an argument that LLMs violate free licences by being trained on unclear material, my point is mostly that *nobody fucking knows*. Multiple lawsuits are underway on that topic. It's not a settled question. It's so utterly dangerous to risk accepting AI-assisted contributions if you *pretend to care* about licencing at all.
(but also licences don't matter. only two kinds of people care about licences: those we don't have the money to enforce them and those who have enough money not care and send lawyers if need be)
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