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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 12 Aug \ parent \ on: Who Owns Your Brain?: How "AI" Might Break Work Completely - Brainfork AI

If I download a script I find on Github and use it at work, nobody is going to argue

A little over a decade ago I worked with a client where GPL licensed open source was forbidden because, there being a lot of coders in that company, legal deemed the risk too high that someone would need to contribute back and the company becoming liable for something they couldn't control and wasn't their core business. Per Hintjens, Apple has done a similar thing with GPL-3, but for a different reason:

So, the last requirement is protection from patents. The GPLv3 has language that scares off patent lawyers. It's effective. and arguably the main reason Apple has invested so much in removing all GPLv3 products from its stacks and tool chains.

It makes no sense to claim ownership of an idea.

We're aligned. I do think that the system will need to change radically for this to become reality. I nowadays work a lot with entreprenerds that have no love for the patent system but allocate and spend massive budgets on patents regardless, simply because if you don't register, a troll will, and you'll be in trouble.

Maybe this could be a silver lining in the otherwise ridiculous valuation of AI tech. But I also feel it's a long shot.