In the mid-2000s there was a bit of drama when Linux wireless driver code ended up in BSD (or maybe the other way around). The Internet was angry that day my friend; a bunch of nerds sperging out over licenses and which license is more "free". Ultimately the code was removed.

It sure seems like AI agents can sidestep all that by claiming ignorance on license matters.

AI written driver could be a rip off Linux driver.

If the Linux driver is GPL and he made the new driver using AI to essentially copy it then claim that the result wasn't covered by the GPL... It's an area not settled by law yet.

Still not as bad as the guy who paid for a commercial license for some Linux driver, fed it into Claude to get it to update it to the latest Linux, and then released it as GPL! That's definitely not a grey area.

https://youtu.be/xRvi3k8XV8E

Absolutely mental behaviour for a business. What were they thinking?