Hi all,

"brian m. carlson" [off-list ref] writes:

I think this seems prudent given the fact that there are 181 signatories
to the Berne Convention and even if the courts rule that the use of
generative AI is acceptable in one country (say, the United States), it
isn't clear that that will mean anything in other countries (such as
Canada).  Considering that there's ongoing litigation and quite a bit of
legal uncertainty, as well as substantial pushback on generative AI from
the open source community, this approach seems like it's in the best
interests of the project at the moment[0].  We can always reconsider in
the future if need be.

I agree. It feels unsafe given the lack of legislation and lack of case
law.

One thing, though:

quoted

+Hence, the project asks that contributors refrain from using AI content
+generators on changes that are submitted to the project.
+Contributions in which use of AI is either known or suspected may not
+be accepted.

This feels more like a suggestion than a requirement. Shouldn't we
explicitly prohibit it? If we truly are worried about the
copyright-ability of its output.

Collin