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Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by coldtea on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:33PM (#50459737)
Only if the lawmakers and courts side with the way less powerful FOSS side in interpreting the impact of those licenses on the derivative LLM code.

So, no.

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Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by lettergram on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:38PM (#50461890)
Well, politically, if AI is seen as threatening, they'll see siding with FOSS as beneficial.
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Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by coldtea on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:19AM (#50466135)
Threatening to whom? Politicians are in the pockets of the same billionares controlling AI. And even if they weren't, AI is useful to them for controlling everything.
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