r/linux • u/MMORPGDev • 20h ago

Development Linux Kernel Developers Plan To Remove "Assisted-By" Tag Requirement For AI/LLM Usage

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Assisted-By-Req
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u/RamaAnthony 18h ago

The entire usage of AI/LLM (even for coding) and normalization of its business model within Linux ecosystem (by using it and even removing disclosure tags) seems to be anti-thethical to FOSS principles but what do I know.

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u/Zaphoidx 17h ago

How?

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u/foolish_shrimp 16h ago

Firstly AI is built from copyright theft, FOSS is generally very avoidant of copyright theft, the idea is generally to allow people to decide what something they created is used for.

Secondly, the end goal for AI companies is to sit between you and everything you need to do, like uber do with taxis or door dash with deliveries, but for every single interaction you have with the outside world. The subscription fee and user penetration these companies are aiming for, it's genuinely horrifying. We should not be indirectly supporting a world where you pay openAI $2000+ a month to live in a frictionless AI vacuum.

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u/emuboy85 13h ago

We have been making open clones of closed sources for decades, sometimes infringing patents, does that count as well ?