inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOfficesimonwillison.netexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down111
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkThe ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOfficesimonwillison.netinari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·2 months agoThat’s interesting and distressing.
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoOn what basis did you proclaim “No! Not legal!” if you’re now surprised by the license? Misunderstanding of the license?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy? The authors of the software have specifically allowed it to be used in ways like this.
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoI didn’t think they were distributing it correctly, no mention of the licence or source attribution
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-22 months agoIt’s the whole issue with copyleft licences. EDIT: non-copyleft
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhat issue are you talking about?
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoBSD licenses, the MIT one and such allow proprietary redistribution, which I find repugnant. Also yeah I wrote this in sleep-deprivation, I should have written “non-copyleft”…
That’s interesting and distressing.
On what basis did you proclaim “No! Not legal!” if you’re now surprised by the license? Misunderstanding of the license?
Why? The authors of the software have specifically allowed it to be used in ways like this.
I didn’t think they were distributing it correctly, no mention of the licence or source attribution
It’s the whole issue with copyleft licences.
EDIT: non-copyleft
What issue are you talking about?
BSD licenses, the MIT one and such allow proprietary redistribution, which I find repugnant.
Also yeah I wrote this in sleep-deprivation, I should have written “non-copyleft”…