Can I scrape all GPL source code from github. Then use the code commercially and then say so what, they made their source code available to download?

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semiquaver an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Did someone do that in this case? I don’t see any indication let alone evidence that happened. And I don’t think it’s likely that it will.

Let me refer you to my earlier distinction between things that have happened and things you fear.

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amiga386 an hour ago | parent [-]

You may remember from 2021 that Microsoft's Copilot would gladly regurgitate the GPL-licensed Quake 3 source code, without giving you any indication it got it from there or that the GPL applies.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27710287

https://x.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309

	▲	semiquaver 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ok, so go yell at Microsoft about that incident instead of speculating about a different party doing a different thing.

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Artoooooor 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oh, it would be so nice to force the Great Thieves like "open"AI to release their weights on GPL license...

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origini 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Right now, its legal to use this data to train a model.

Which is different than using the data 1 to 1.

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whizzter 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I think technically such a model should abide by the licence of the inputs, hence all models would probably be GPL if the FSF had resources to fight it and the legal profession had an inkling of the processes involved.

Or maybe the FSF is just waiting for everyone using AI code to become hooked and then subpoena every Antrophic/OAI/Codex customer and force the most massive source release in history (If Adobe/MS would file lawsuits vs the Craft apps and with their resources create legal precedent it could create chaos, maybe the only part stopping them right now from filing lawsuits is them realizing it could backfire since they're heavy AI users themselves).

	▲	origini 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But as far as i know GPL does not prevent you from using it for training?
	▲	semiquaver 39 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not a lawyer, are you?

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wtch98 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Can I scrape all GPL source code from github. Then use the code commercially and then say so what, they made their source code available to download?

Yes, that's the whole point of the GPL. Use it however you want, but don't restrict the next person