alt Hacker NewsYeah, I really can't comprehend these sentiments as anything other than an "I don't like AI" argument. FOSS has always been about just writing code and putting it out into the world where others can do as they please with it.
I see a lot of risks involved in people surrendering their own decision-making to LLMs, but that's a question of how they're used, not how they're trained. The idea that using FOSS software to train LLMs is somehow a violation of FOSS norms just doesn't seem valid.
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xigoi • today at 2:26 PM
> FOSS has always been about just writing code and putting it out into the world where others can do as they please with it.
Not true. Most FOSS licenses require attribution and many require derivatives to be released under the same license.
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> FOSS has always been about just writing code and putting it out into the world where others can do as they please with it.
That is wrong. How can you write that with a straight face? There are projects that are put into the public domain (one major one comes to mind), but the clear majority of FOSS projects have strings attached which make the intention of the authors absolutely clear.
IOW, if you're not happy with what the cost of the product is, then just don't use it.