[gdal-dev] Proposed RFC 8 amendment regarding (prohibited use of) generative AI tools

[Javier Jimenez Shaw]

Sounds good to me

On Mon, 7 Oct 2024, 18:38 Even Rouault via gdal-dev, <
gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I propose we update RFC 8 with the following changes:
> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/10958
>
> Can we enforce that? No (similarly we can't prevent someone from
> stealing copyrighted material from source code of proprietary software
> they have access to, or "re-license" or "forget" copyright attribution
> of open source code without authorization), but at least we set the policy.
>
> This is admittedly a highly controversial topic. Debian for example has
> had related discussions but didn't come with a position for now, whereas
> Gentoo banned use of generative AI: https://lwn.net/Articles/972331/
>
> It seems more prudent to me to ban for now, and potentially relax in the
> future, when/if the legal status of this becomes clearer. (not even
> mentioning the ethical or environmental impact sides of such tools)
>
> Even
>
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