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Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license “vibe code” into Free Software? (fsfe.org)
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

If so, the copyright of the slop would be by the company running the LLM.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    What creative transformation has that company done? It seems to me rather that the LLM is an entirely mechanical process with no creativity.

    No more creative than what my ISP does when it conveys data from one machine to another.

    We don't allow the ISP to claim copyright in the data that it mechanically transforms. I don't see why the company running an LLM would have any stronger claim of copyright in the output.

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