Codeberg: ToU extension to prohibit LLM-extrusions

jaggs

This is a bit strange. Are they saying that Codeberg no longer accepts vibe coded projects at all? If so, it seems kind of short sighted. Within a very short period of time all code will be AI code. What then? And as the models improve, along with better code will come better bug fixing etc etc. So the quality of AI code will absolutely surpass that of human code. What then? Will the repositories demand proof of programming ability? Why, when AI will be handling everything anyway. It would be rather like driving schools mandating that all drivers can strip an engine before they're allowed to drive? Very odd.

joshka

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003386

mortarion

Well, guess I will take my repositories elsewhere.

onesandofgrain

Codeberg is just a nice logo wrapped around Forgejo/Gitea. I don't really see the appeal besides free hosting + some storage. People should either self-host a gitea/forgejo/gogs server for like 3$ a month on hetzner or just use gitea.com. If you want to share your repos, just use sharemygit.com and spread the repo on coding forums. Personally I find this a much better stimulant for a community, then just having free-flowing code spread around like dust under a bed. + you actually dont need to be the victim of the whims of some ideological git-server provider. Ahem github (master->main), codeberg (no private repos are allowed), gitlab (you have to pay) etc. etc.

openmarkand

Thank you so much codeberg for supporting - artists, - creators, - translators, - writers, - climate

oeitho

Great decision from Codeberg. I’m only becoming more and more happy with my decision to transition away from GitHub.

thih9

Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003386 (2h ago, 89 points, 145 comments)

CodesInChaos

I'd avoid using overly opinionated code hosters that capriciously change their ToS to ban content that was allowed before without a very good reason. I'd like my code to survive long after I stop maintaining it, and such changes reduce my trust that a hoster will achieve that. (This specific change wouldn't affect me, since all the code I published was written without AI)

f311a

I think at this point any attempt to prevent it will fail. AI code is almost everywhere, even in projects that were against it 6 months ago.

ChrisArchitect

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003386

jimmydoe

I hope it's more disclosure than ban but ppl have choices so I'm not worried.

cmrdporcupine

Blunt purity tests administered by people with reductionist and categorical thinking. The reality is that even tools produced by concentrated capital and mass appropriation can also increase the productive capacity of a small free-software project whose code remains available under copyleft. They're not "infected" and contagious. They're tools. They can deskill and dispossess workers; they can extend what a particular worker is able to make. Which tendency dominates, under what conditions, and to whose benefit are material questions. "AI bad" is not an answer to them, any more than tech-bro "innovation good" is.