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Can confirm. I used to hate when people published their code under MIT instead of GPL. But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source off

Can confirm. I used to hate when people published their code under MIT instead of GPL. But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source offerings, I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over.

gilrain 1mo ago
> But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source offerings, I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over. I hope that eventually you gain from society exactly what you’ve given.
- satvikpendem 1mo ago
  I see this sort of opinion on every AI thread and it's funny to me because that's exactly what AI is, and people don't seem to get mad about the general use case of it generating code but when it's asked to post a specific project over to license-wash it, suddenly people get mad, like, that's what AI was doing all along. And to get this out of the way first, maybe you don't use AI, but I'm speaking of general trends on HN.
- KetoManx64 1mo ago
  He already is, any software that his company releases, people can just use an AI agent to replicate it and have their own version of.
Laurel1234 1mo ago
> I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over. Genuine piece of shit, nice.
- OsrsNeedsf2P 1mo ago
  The solution is simple. Don't license your code MIT. MIT enables this
  - Laurel1234 1mo ago
    Absolutely and I don't disagree. But locking the door is also the solution to getting your house ransacked because you left the entrance open; doesn't mean the robber isn't a piece of shit.
KetoManx64 1mo ago
The irony is that nobody is going to want to use software in the future that isn't open source. Why would I pay for software that I can't extend myself?
archagon 1mo ago
It will be absolutely hilarious when open source projects adopt the jqwik approach and start prompt injecting their code, comments, and any/all other text content. The LLM users’ histrionics will be delicious.

gilrain 1mo ago

> But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source offerings, I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over. I hope that eventually you gain from society exactly what you’ve given.

satvikpendem 1mo ago
I see this sort of opinion on every AI thread and it's funny to me because that's exactly what AI is, and people don't seem to get mad about the general use case of it generating code but when it's asked to post a specific project over to license-wash it, suddenly people get mad, like, that's what AI was doing all along. And to get this out of the way first, maybe you don't use AI, but I'm speaking of general trends on HN.
KetoManx64 1mo ago
He already is, any software that his company releases, people can just use an AI agent to replicate it and have their own version of.

Laurel1234 1mo ago

> I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over. Genuine piece of shit, nice.

OsrsNeedsf2P 1mo ago
The solution is simple. Don't license your code MIT. MIT enables this
- Laurel1234 1mo ago
  Absolutely and I don't disagree. But locking the door is also the solution to getting your house ransacked because you left the entrance open; doesn't mean the robber isn't a piece of shit.

KetoManx64 1mo ago

The irony is that nobody is going to want to use software in the future that isn't open source. Why would I pay for software that I can't extend myself?

archagon 1mo ago

It will be absolutely hilarious when open source projects adopt the jqwik approach and start prompt injecting their code, comments, and any/all other text content. The LLM users’ histrionics will be delicious.