Was I too harsh, or not harsh enough?
https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2026-August/006127.html
(tl;dr: the Linux Foundation, on behalf of makers of a chatbot named after the face huggers from aliens, wants OSI to approve a license that says there can be no such thing as a valid copyright claim against them, because AI is special and magic and privileged above all else.)
Rob Landley
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