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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by dragonwriter on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:45PM (#18306139)
> In fact, making your code free for everyone to use probably is hurting the web,

It's the main reason there is a widely used public web rather than it, if it succeeded at all, being another academic niche tool alongside gopher.

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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by ReverseCold on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:54PM (#18306167)
Well, assuming that's true, it has little-to-no impact on how things should be going forward. The web is very clearly here to stay. At the very least people who want credit and payment for their work should not be encouraged to use OSI licenses.
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