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md- • today at 9:05 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

as you have stated 'And yes, this project was built almost entirely with Claude Code with a bunch of manual verification and testing.' this code is not copyright protected, therefore you are not allowed to apply a MIT LICENSE to this project.

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jshmrsn • today at 10:29 AM

That has not been established in the courts, at least not precisely enough to assert that for sure this project isn’t copyrightable.

“ But the decision does raise the question of how much human input is necessary to qualify the user of an AI system as the “author” of a generated work. While that question was not before the court, the court’s dicta suggests that some amount of human input into a generative AI tool could render the relevant human an author of the resulting output.”

“Thaler did not address how much human authorship is necessary to make a work generated using AI tools copyrightable. The impact of this unaddressed issue is worth underscoring.”

https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/230829-district-cour...

xml • today at 9:52 AM

    > this code is not copyright protected, therefore you are not allowed to apply a MIT LICENSE to this project.
Why not? You still can (and probably should) disclaim warranty and whether the code is copyright protected may vary by jurisdiction.

(Not sure if claiming copyright without having it has any legal consequences though.)