Does a license like this exist?

  • asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev
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    1 month ago

    I found this, which adds additional text to the existing licenses to prohibit training an AI on the licensed code: https://github.com/non-ai-licenses/non-ai-licenses

    Though, per OSI’s definition, your code probably would no longer be open source, since training an LLM is technically considered a field of endeavour:

    OSD number 6:

    The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.

    • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      We need a new field of licensing, something like Ethical Source License. With AI being a thing on-the-field, and even before tbh, Open Source has alas become a paradigm of the past.

    • hperrin@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      Maybe you could say that AI training is not a use of the program, it is a use of the source code.

      • ulterno@programming.dev
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        1 month ago

        OSI is not US court (or at least I hope not).
        Playing on words isn’t going to get the license accepted.

        On the other hand, why does it have to be accepted?
        You are doing something different. Just do the different thing.