2026-10-23T14:33:23Z https://nostr.now Didier Raboud https://nostr.now/npub1rm2285qk2s9ew8tcseey9d8xc3rqv7p9sn9f3vqm8x53qhj495yqrp9kjg https://stockage.framapiaf.org/framapiaf/accounts/avatars/000/018/820/original/ce3aba4f6367fa26.jpg https://stockage.framapiaf.org/framapiaf/accounts/avatars/000/018/820/original/ce3aba4f6367fa26.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvquxuam5u83xyk7mtgfdlktwygfr3wdfvfsjexddqgwmssafe7czyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssluqs0g About LLM, AI companies, the environment, the climate crisis.<br/><br/>In the context of the huge discussion about AI in #Debian, I wrote that email:<br/><br/><a href="https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/5742777.MHq7AAxBmi@turnagra">https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/5742777.MHq7AAxBmi@turnagra</a> 2026-08-11T11:18:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs97vl7cdsvquezmnxtljl4j2lkaqs3pc34n5mvnm44qdnxvxqvsdczyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssdktx3a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxsjpkssefx909zaengyvkcxex525gx4gvfe4s2883u3vur2q4xs5pcwml'>nevent1q…cwml</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(shameless plug)<br/><br/>I know LLCs who provide managed hosted Vaultwarden, for those not in a position to self-host. 😇 2026-05-19T19:29:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxt05dte4sfceusp3eepma4nc4tpu8k34l4wgveuqewvrvu2kuc7czyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssjv2mwy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2ajlq0gthln3vrk9yl4qdcwmhdnd8c4sr8npk3rv0qf6lmj5j7q5sh8p0'>nevent1q…h8p0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Licensing was just a way to shield our work from being stolen (but it ended up being stolen anyway). So rejoice: code licensing is dead, but our communities are alive and thriving! Because doing things collectively is fun, rewarding, interesting and the right thing to do!<br/><br/>#Debian #LLMs #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource <br/><br/>7/7 2026-03-12T07:22:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr2ajlq0gthln3vrk9yl4qdcwmhdnd8c4sr8npk3rv0qf6lmj5j7qzyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725ksss55har In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jxcvlp6wl94dr2z6v453q74l2rnch9hr2pm9vk79gpwav5838uc6qauxx'>nevent1q…auxx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My hope is that the decades of collaboration, community building, network looming, friendships building, etc, have shown how effective we can collectively be for maintaining software projects together, and that can be in the interest of all parties. Free software projects have always been about the community.<br/><br/>6/n 2026-03-12T07:21:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2jxcvlp6wl94dr2z6v453q74l2rnch9hr2pm9vk79gpwav5838uczyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725ksswavq3w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgay5dzryjl8y7h242dr30gx66h9rt67944xnmfzsvaavyf3v2xqspx9clt'>nevent1q…9clt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Provided that it seems we&#39;re past the point of returning back to a world without LLMs that credibly generate good code, I&#39;d argue that this revolution is effectively shattering the licensing and copyright bases of the free software communities. But it is not affecting the other side of all of these projects and communities: the people and their ways. <br/><br/>5/n 2026-03-12T07:20:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgay5dzryjl8y7h242dr30gx66h9rt67944xnmfzsvaavyf3v2xqszyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssntzr0x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3yvzg8flusfge2nju8pn4qp5vrxttluf0yutzsasvqacfu8ve5cvvsudc'>nevent1q…sudc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How do we then work towards a world in which software keeps being a vector for a better world? A world in which more humans understand their way in the digital world, in which we keep building digital commons together, in which we avoid rebuilding what others have rebuilt, in which we leverage collective intelligence to build the things that really matter.<br/><br/>4/n 2026-03-12T07:20:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx3yvzg8flusfge2nju8pn4qp5vrxttluf0yutzsasvqacfu8ve5czyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725ksspgr63h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sn6sf2fertx6zptfe60rkrdp59wccdr7cqfffl9jxeu84plmkxcpsljsf'>nevent1q…ljsf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We enter a world in which software itself holds almost no legal weight anymore: no legal constraints against copying, but also no legal constraints to enforce access to source. Therefore, our traditional ways to provide the famous 4 freedoms have no rock to step foot on anymore: it only worked because copyright laws worked both ways.<br/><br/>3/n 2026-03-12T07:17:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0sn6sf2fertx6zptfe60rkrdp59wccdr7cqfffl9jxeu84plmkxczyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssnpp3k7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4fqn6yla9c3usxpmz4jj8n8frjaleg3ufazp52klktn3rk75k8q0n6kee'>nevent1q…6kee</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Code that cannot be copyrighted is not proprietary code: you can&#39;t leverage copyright law(s) to forbid its copies, but there are also no obligations whatsoever to release it.<br/>Code that cannot be copyrighted is also not FLOSS code: the way &#34;copyleft&#34; code has always worked was via leverage of copyright law(s) by counterpoint: your copyright laws forbid copies, we use your rules to enforce certain rights.<br/><br/>2/n 2026-03-12T07:17:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4fqn6yla9c3usxpmz4jj8n8frjaleg3ufazp52klktn3rk75k8qzyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssg7qtkt On LLMs, code generation, copyright and its effect on free software &amp; opensource projects and communities. Random rambles and a likely long thread.<br/><br/>If the international judicial consensus converges to conclude that LLM-generated code cannot be copyrighted (and that&#39;s an important hypothesis, yet to be completely assessed), what impacts on FLOSS (as code) and its communities can we foresee?<br/><br/>1/n 2026-03-12T07:17:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx947872cyzjskl0dnque96xjjz0kaalrtsz7etaatuwg0ucnlm0szyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kssrcw2v4 RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115819402267996681">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115819402267996681</a><br/><br/>Couldn&#39;t attend CCC, but loved the transcript. There&#39;s hope!<br/>nostr:note14l0e9hu7yqah3r5dtr6p9jpedzuf4rtemz5x8dtu47x48hkszv4sh274nu<br/> 2026-01-01T14:26:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrc70ua9m3gnwzahe7ry5fj6nds5083adfhz02dtygevggsu9hawczyq0dfg7sze2qh9ca0zr8ys45umzyvpncykzv4x9srvu6jyz725kss76rnle Thanks <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> for <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/02/inventing-the-pedestrian/#three-apis-in-a-trenchcoat">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/02/inventing-the-pedestrian/#three-apis-in-a-trenchcoat</a> that I can now pass around everytime someone says &#34;AI agents&#34;. 2025-08-12T13:43:21Z