Relicensing with AI-Assisted Rewrite

verdverm

Interesting questions raised by recent SCOTUS refusal to hear appeals related to AI an copyright-ability, and how that may affect licensing in open source. Hoping the HN community can bring more color to this, there are some members who know about these subjects.

anilgulecha

This is precedent setting. In this case the rewrite was in same language, but if there's a python GPL project, and it's tests (spec) were used to rewrite specs in rust, and then an implementation in rust, can the second project be legally MIT, or any other? If yes, this in a sense allows a path around GPL requirements. Linux's MIT version would be out in the next 1-2 years.

Retr0id

> In traditional software law, a “clean room” rewrite requires two teams Is the "clean room" process meaningfully backed by legal precedent?

DrammBA

I like the idea of AI-generated ~code~ anything being public domain. Public data in, public domain out.