Hi,

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/merge_requests/698

would still benefit from some input on how to proceed in this very concrete 
case.

Greetings
Christoph


On Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at 16:56, Christoph Cullmann <christ...@cullmann.io> 
wrote:

> Hi,
> 

> 

> On Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at 09:00, Justin Zobel <jus...@1707.io> wrote:
> 

> > On 17/05/2025 01:40, Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> > 

> > > Hi,
> > > 

> > > just as a concrete example: what to do with
> > > 

> > > https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting/-/merge_requests/698
> > > 

> > > That is no AI spam but something that doesn't look broken and the 
> > > submitter did
> > > do manual work.
> > > 

> > > Can I now accept that just as MIT?
> > > 

> > > Greetings
> > > Christoph
> > 

> > If the contributor cannot tell you the license(s) of the code that was used 
> > to generate the code, then it's literally gambling that this code wasn't 
> > taken from another project by Gemini and used without their permission or 
> > used in a way that violates the license and opens up the KDE e.V. to 
> > litigation.
> > 

> > This is an absolutely possible scenario if the author happens to look 
> > around for their code being re-used. KDE e.V. CAN NOT accept AI 
> > contributions because the source of the code isn't known.
> > 

> > It really scares me that we would even consider accepting this. I fully 
> > understand that it is impossible to tell if a user is lying about 
> > generating code with an AI, but we have to at least remove the KDE e.V. 
> > from possible harm by rejecting code unless it is sourced from a license 
> > and privacy respecting model. Which I'm sure there are very few of and the 
> > ones that exist would have very little code as every single piece of code 
> > would have to be audited by the owner of the model to ensure that it can be 
> > distributed and used in their software, and that the owners accepts this.
> > 

> > Of course, this still all boils down to trusting contributors. They can get 
> > code from anywhere and claim at as their own. AI just makes it much easier 
> > for them to do it.
> > 

> > Justin
> 

> there is now input about what was put into the model to get the result, now 
> the question is what to do.
> 

> As one input was an LGPL file and some stuff with MIT, the stuff would be the 
> LGPL I would assume.
> 

> Naturally the question is what to say about the model itself, but if that 
> implies that all people are out that use the today
> often integrated AI stuff for help, that is not that helpful.
> 

> Greetings
> Christoph

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