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A Python library maintainer relicensed chardet from LGPL to MIT using AI-assisted rewriting, sparking debate about whether LLM-generated code can circumvent copyleft obligations and fundamentally undermining software licensing economics. The dispute highlights unresolved legal questions about copyright ownership and human contribution in AI-generated code.

chardet Dan Blanchard Mark Pilgrim Claude Anthropic GNU Lesser General Public License MIT JPlag Armin Ronacher Flask Bruce Perens Zoƫ Kooyman Free Software Foundation Thaler v. Perlmutter
theregister.com · DGAP · 1 day ago · details · hn