I wonder if we should have #GPL 4 that would cover machine learning. Something like "if this code is used to train an LLM, then the code produced by the LLM must be released under the same license". I know there are many challenges, such as effective enforcement, but if this issue remains unaddressed, I believe LLMs may become a way to evade license virality.

#freesoftware #OpenSource #licensing

The context of companies wanting to rip out copyleft from Linux makes the push for Rust rewrites make a lot more sense.
techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Sa…

#gpl #linux

Ajajaj!
Něco mi říká, že tady Sovol3D se snaží porušit GPL v3 🤔
Jaké mám možnosti tohle řešit? Samozřejmě jsem jim odpověděl, že podle licence kód zveřejnit musí, ale pochybuji, že to zabere.
Kontaktovat Klipper tým? Někoho v EU? 🤔

#3dprinting #opensource #klipper #gpl

© Copyleft compliance in the spotlight: A developer has accused Tencent of violating the #GPL by altering the license of her #Python utility to be BSD and replacing her copyright notice with their own.

socket.dev/blog/developer-accu… @obfusk #opensource

Doom 1 and 2 are now officially licensed under the #GPL, no longer dual-licensed with the DSL :)

github.com/id-Software/DOOM/

nitter.woodland.cafe/doom_txt/…

#FOSS #OpenSource #Games #Gaming #GameNews

GitHub - id-Software/DOOM: DOOM Open Source Release

DOOM Open Source Release. Contribute to id-Software/DOOM development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/ma…

"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."

#OpenSource

John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

I grew up on a farm. My parents worked hard to grow crops and manage the farm business. My parents also found additional jobs to make ends meet. As farmers have done for millennia, my family used tools to farm.

^{Software Freedom Conservancy}

Microsoft's Github Copilot is disregarding Free Software licenses and will be happily selling parts of your GPL code against your will! Woo!

drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Cop…

As the author of this article says - free software should be dependant on free software architecture - I recommend codeberg.org as an open-source alternative to Github.
Sadly Github is no longer a platform that can be trusted.

CC: @codeberg

#FOSS #Github #Copilot #Microsoft #GPL #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Codeberg