Comment by pseudalopex
18 hours ago
There is no contradiction. Open source software licenses allow use without conditions. Ad blocker use does not distribute the modified web pages.
18 hours ago
There is no contradiction. Open source software licenses allow use without conditions. Ad blocker use does not distribute the modified web pages.
I have not seen any evidence that LLMs ‘distribute’ modified software, though they do seem capable of replicating it.
I fail to see how mass scale reproduction of copyrighted code isn't a form of distribution.
Replication is not the same as reproduction; I can replicate an API without violating someone's license or copyright (which I would by reproducing their work).
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The view LLMs should respect open source software licenses is not for replication alone. Models and generated code are derived from training data.
Developers are permitted to learn from open source code with restrictive copyrights, and apply those lessons to developing other software which does not comply with the copyright of their 'example'.
As an aside, I do believe that LLM trainers are ignoring and violating many licenses, but open-source software is not a clear example of a violation.
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> Open source software licenses allow use without conditions.
Don't a number of open source licenses notably involve restrictions?