Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers

Re:Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers by blibble on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:30PM (#44448480)

> Either we believe in the principles of OSS or we do not. If you do not like the idea of your intellectual property being used for commercial purposes then this model is definitely not for you.

I've been writing open source for more than 20 years

I gave away my work for free with one condition: leave my name on it (MIT license)

the AI parasites then strip the attribution out

they are the ones violating the principles of open source

> then perhaps a different licensing and distribution model is what you are after.

I've now stopped producing open source entirely

and I suggest every developer does the same until the legal position is clarified (in our favour)

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Re:Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers by jefftk on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:14PM (#44450237)

> I suggest every developer does the same until the legal position is clarified (in our favour)

There are a lot of people developing open source software with a wide range of goals. In my case, I'm totally happy for LLMs to learn from my coding, just like they've learned from millions of other peoples. I wouldn't want them to duplicate it verbatim, but (due to copyright filters + that not usually being the best way to solve a problem) they don't.

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