▲ 99 ▼ Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away." (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 months ago by leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to c/news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Arcka@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago (2 children) Copying is not theft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Copying GNU GPL code without licensing your derivative code as GNU GPL and publishing it where it's publicly accessible, and then using your derivative code to generate profit for a corporation, is definitely theft. Just because it's open source doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want with it, the original programmer still has rights over the code they wrote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arcka@midwest.social 1 point 3 months ago It literally isn't. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Copying GNU GPL code without licensing your derivative code as GNU GPL and publishing it where it's publicly accessible, and then using your derivative code to generate profit for a corporation, is definitely theft. Just because it's open source doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want with it, the original programmer still has rights over the code they wrote. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arcka@midwest.social 1 point 3 months ago It literally isn't. permalink fedilink source parent