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Re:Voice.ai: GPL Violations with a Side of DRM by madsbuch on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @09:27AM (#34693152)
Imagine a model. It reads source code, and learns by heard how to execute it. Now you use that model to execute GPLed code + some changes to the code you instruct your model to also take into account. You don't need to adhere to the GPL license because your machine is merely "learning" not executing – Tadaa!

Truth is that the insight that there is no difference on data and program code in particular stands here. If the model can act on the code. It can be said to execute it.

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Re:Voice.ai: GPL Violations with a Side of DRM by circuit10 on Friday February 17, 2023 @07:49PM (#34842684)
Could you not say the same about a human? Also what you described is probably fine under the GPL because the input is source code which the users could view and edit (and if it’s not running locally the GPL doesn’t apply, only AGPL)
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