Some thoughts/predictions about how open source developers will be forced to choose their path with GenAI.
Full disclaimer: my own post, sharing for discussion and to find out if anyone has any brilliant ideas what else could be done. It looks like self-posts are okay here but let me know if I’m wrong about that.
with a long tail of grumpy holdouts who adhere to free software principles
Nothing in the core free software principles - namely, the four freedoms - actually concerns the development process and tools used - or copyright. It’s all about what you can do with the software.
The GPL is more of a “hack” that “perverts” copyright to enforce free software principles - because that was the tool available, not because the people who wrote it really liked intellectual property.