Hi all, "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I think this seems prudent given the fact that there are 181 signatories > to the Berne Convention and even if the courts rule that the use of > generative AI is acceptable in one country (say, the United States), it > isn't clear that that will mean anything in other countries (such as > Canada). Considering that there's ongoing litigation and quite a bit of > legal uncertainty, as well as substantial pushback on generative AI from > the open source community, this approach seems like it's in the best > interests of the project at the moment[0]. We can always reconsider in > the future if need be. I agree. It feels unsafe given the lack of legislation and lack of case law. One thing, though: >> +Hence, the project asks that contributors refrain from using AI content >> +generators on changes that are submitted to the project. >> +Contributions in which use of AI is either known or suspected may not >> +be accepted. This feels more like a suggestion than a requirement. Shouldn't we explicitly prohibit it? If we truly are worried about the copyright-ability of its output. Collin
