On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM MSavoritias <em...@msavoritias.me> wrote:
>
> Ah it seems I wasn't clear enough.
> I meant write something like:
>
> By packaging a software project for Guix you are exposing said software
> to a code harvesting project (also known as LLMs or "AI") run by
> Software Heritage and/or their partners. Make sure you have gotten
> fully informed consent and that the author of this package fully
> understands what the implications are.
>
> Something like that. To make it clear that the package that is about to
> be added to Guix is going to be harvested for the LLM models Software
> Heritage decided to share the code with.
>
> Hope this is more clear.
Free software licenses do not require bespoke consent to "to run the
program, to study and change the program in source code form, to
redistribute exact copies, and to distribute modified versions" (and
"Being free to do these things means (among other things) that you do
not have to ask or pay for permission to do so.").
Your fear mongering against free software runs afoul of Guix project
guidelines ("In addition, the GNU distribution follow [sic] the free
software distribution guidelines. Among other things, these guidelines
reject non-free firmware, recommendations of non-free software, and
discuss ways to deal with trademarks and patents.").
If you feel that LLMs/AI are violating the terms of a license, then
feel free to pursue that through the legal system (potentially very
profitable given the monetary penalties for violations of copyright).
Otherwise, we should be celebrating the users and use of free
software. I'm old enough to remember "Only wimps use tape backup:
_real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest
of the world mirror it ;)"
[https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9607.2/0292.html].
