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not-kinsale-joe • today at 11:29 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

Can I scrape all GPL source code from github. Then use the code commercially and then say so what, they made their source code available to download?


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semiquaver • today at 12:53 PM

Did someone do that in this case? I don’t see any indication let alone evidence that happened. And I don’t think it’s likely that it will.

Let me refer you to my earlier distinction between things that have happened and things you fear.

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Artoooooor • today at 11:56 AM

Oh, it would be so nice to force the Great Thieves like "open"AI to release their weights on GPL license...

origini • today at 11:33 AM

Right now, its legal to use this data to train a model.

Which is different than using the data 1 to 1.

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wtch98 • today at 11:47 AM

> Can I scrape all GPL source code from github. Then use the code commercially and then say so what, they made their source code available to download?

Yes, that's the whole point of the GPL. Use it however you want, but don't restrict the next person