If someone were to train a coding-oriented LLM on only GPL code, I would assert that any code it outputs is covered by GPL because an LLM is fundamentally storing and reproducing its input, not understanding it and generating new things based on that understanding.

Your logic is far better than mine. I have nothing to say. senior. sir.

But I do wonder: is human-written code ever truly original? They say imitation is the mother of creation. If LLM-generated(GEN AI) code can be sufficiently transformed, couldn't that also be considered a kind of creation?

I think I need to refine my own logic a bit more.

The question you raised, 'Who owns the license to LLM-generated code?' is something I hadn't thought about. Thanks for the solid counterargument, and have a good day