Renaud Allard <renaud@allard.it> wrote:

> On 21/03/2026 17:36, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Thomas de Grivel <thodg@kmx.io> wrote:
> > 
> >> If an AI could translate Linux from OpenBSD code I wouldn't have
> >> needed 120 reboots to complete this task.
> > Another strange argument.  How about we turn it around.
> > The AI has copied all the code into it's knowledge.  It isn't the
> > best at rewriting it to call OpenBSD functions.  That is why multiple
> > kernels had to be compiled, to produce traces, which were given to
> > the AI.  The AI then started considering how these other functions
> > worked as being crucial towards producing something which mixed things
> > together.
> 
> I am wondering how far that goes. Let's say I have had my programming
> degree by following courses which were using GPL code as examples. But
> now I want to write BSD code. I will probably be influenced by what I
> saw in my courses because that's how I learnt coding. Isn't that
> mostly what AI generated code does?

No, you have that all wrong.  The principle is humans create, as a result
of what they learned and new inspiration, an original creation and this
unique output is copyrightable and protected by law.  The world we've build
depends upon this principle, amongst other principles.

At this time, AI products are not part of that principle.

I suspect someone else used the argument you just made before.  Do you
not feel guilty for those same arguments, you obviously learned from
someone else?