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Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

Posted Jul 1, 2022 5:52 UTC (Fri) by NYKevin (subscriber, #129325)
In reply to: Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! by rsidd
Parent article: Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

There are problems at both ends. For example, suppose a music-generating AI (not Copilot) generates a song which is very similar to John Cage's 4'33", but has a few extra notes. Does that infringe? The problem is, 4'33" consists entirely of rests, so it's hard to say whether it's even possible to infringe on that piece in the first place. Obviously, that's an extreme example, but it is analogous to the problem of "boilerplate" code. Nobody owns for(int i = 0; i < MAX; i++), either.


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Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

Posted Jul 1, 2022 13:36 UTC (Fri) by dan_a (guest, #5325) [Link]

> The problem is, 4'33" consists entirely of rests, so it's hard to say whether it's even possible to infringe on that piece in the first place.

An out of court settlement suggests it might be: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/musician-settl...


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