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License Laundering a Copyleft Project

6 minute read

An image of a branch covered in ice. Pretty cold.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer; this is not legal analysis, nor legal advice, just an opinion.

Mark Pilgrim, the original creator of chardet recently opened a GitHub issue on the project after he found that the project he started was relicensed under the MIT license from the original LGPL, a process generally referred to as license laundering. The current maintainer, Dan Blanchard, rewrote the project “from scratch” using Claude, changed its license, and assigned the copyrights to himself, claiming this was an independent implementation done in a clean room environment.

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AI and Creativity

2 minute read

Calliope

After using ChatGPT for a few months, I’m developing a sour taste for the whole generative AI thing. It’s not because it’s not good at what it does. Most of the time, it’s incredibly proficient. I’ve mainly used ChatGPT to bounce ideas off and to give me suggestions – riffing on concepts. It’s an excellent tool for those tasks, usually generating a decent output. It’s not because of that. I’m beginning to dislike generative AI because it makes you feel like you’ve had anything to do with the creative process.

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A Conversation with Bard

16 minute read

A sober conversation about AI and jobs with Google’s brand new chat AI, Bard, turns into a bit of a mess at the end. I have some experience using ChatGPT but only got access to Bard today. I thought I’d record this to perhaps compare to interactions in the future.

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