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dathinabyesterday at 11:52 AM0 repliesview on HN

iff it went through the full clean room rewrite just using AI then no, it's de-facto public domain (but also it probably didn't do so)

iff it is a complete new implementation with completely different internal then it could also still be no LGPL even if produced by a person with in depth knowledge. Copyright only cares if you "copied" something not if you had "knowledge" or if it "behaves the same". So as long as it's distinct enough it can still be legally fine. The "full clean room" requirement is about "what is guaranteed to hold up in front of a court" not "what might pass as non-derivative but with legal risk".