Re: A policy on use of AI-generated content in Debian
On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 08:47:31PM +0200, Dominik George wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >It's just another tool that might or might not be non-free like people
> >using Photoshop, Google Chrome, Gmail, Windows, ... to make
> >contributions. Or a spamfilter to filter out some.
>
> That's entirely not the point.
>
> It is not about **the tool** being non-free, but the result of its use being non-free.
>
> Generative AI tools **produce** derivatives of other people's copyrighted works.
>
> That said, we already have the necessary policies in place:
>
> * d/copyright must be accurate
> * all sources must be reproducible from their preferred form of modification
>
> Both are not possible using generative AI.
That sounds right, but those policies are very related to Debian packages,
while Debian will also release a fair amount of other kinds of content.
Bests,
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tvaz
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