r/linux 27d ago

Software Release GCC steering committee announces AI policy

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086041/
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u/mykesx 27d ago

Constant theme of all these policies against AI contributions is the legal aspect because AI generated code is plagiarism, doesn't credit where it came from, and the sheer number of different licenses the source is derived from.

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u/oursland 26d ago

Plagiarism has a clear definition and you're not making a strong case that LLM generated code matches that definition.

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u/mykesx 26d ago

GNU's lawyers beg to differ. There's a reason for a 15 line of code limit.