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295 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.404s | source

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smcameron ◴[16 Nov 25 21:10 UTC] No.45948420[source]▶

In the U.S., anything machine generated is uncopyrightable.

Why would you put uncopyrightable code into your codebase?

1. siliconpotato ◴[16 Nov 25 21:17 UTC] No.45948456[source]▶

Even worse...unmaintained code. Only the human-written one has a maintainer. The other one plagiariased by AI is instant legacy code

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2. exasperaited ◴[16 Nov 25 21:54 UTC] No.45948771[source]▶

> The other one plagiariased by AI is instant legacy code

I have used this "instant legacy code" concept before. It's absolutely true, IMO. But people really, really, really hate hearing it.

The fate of "small" open source