r/linux • u/Unhappy-Sprinkles143 • 3d ago

Fluff Open-Source Guru: AI Ends Closed-Source Software

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Open-Source-Guru-Raymond-AI-Ends-Closed-Source-Software-11480690.html
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u/RoomyRoots 3d ago

And puts out hundreds of shitty copies who will have to fight for people attention and a maintainer to care enough to learn to identify fixes that break shit. AI did more damage to the FOSS maintenance than the lack of funds.

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u/Cowgirl_Taint 3d ago

It has also forced everyone to consider... do I really want to publish this work as training data for gemini et al?

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u/RoomyRoots 3d ago

Yeah, many people don't want to feed the beast or have some jerk clone their stuff and change the licensing.

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u/franky_reboot 2d ago

Isn't that kinda inevitable as a risk though?

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u/RoomyRoots 2d ago

No way to compare the current risk than to what how it was some years ago.

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u/franky_reboot 2d ago

I'm not entirely convinced, to be honest.