Ask HN: Is all AI coded code in the public domain?
2•e12e•9m ago
AFAIK it's generally assumed (but not(?) tested in court, that LLMs can't be assigned copyright, and that copyright for work generated by LLMs can't be claimed by a human just for being in the loop.
Is there going to be an avalanche of code that is legally in the public domain, going forward?
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adamzwasserman•3m ago
In practice this is a non-issue. No production code ships as raw AI output. There's always architectural decisions, integration with existing systems, security reviews, debugging cycles, and business logic validation layered on top. Not to mention massive amounts of yelling and shouting at the AI to get it right. Each of those involves the kind of creative judgment courts have historically recognized as copyrightable contribution.
The more interesting question: will companies need to document human contribution to defend copyright claims? That might accidentally improve code review practices.
adamzwasserman•3m ago
The more interesting question: will companies need to document human contribution to defend copyright claims? That might accidentally improve code review practices.