

Its fine that they dont want ai generated code, but its not a license issue. I am very aware of the FUD article circulating around but two things.
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based on the copyright ruling, ai code is public domain code. You can include the code.
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a submission of code doesnt invalidate the entire project. A license or copyright is for a project. So entire project gerated by ai cant be copyrighted.
This us why the linux team is ok with it.










You hit the framing issue right on the head. People keep using code and project interchangeably. Code has never been able to be copyrighted. You cant copyright a for loop. I cant create a car class that has properties like make, model, year and copywrite it. Thats never been a thing. Thats why projects are copyrighted. An entire piece of work.
Now your Ship of Theseus has a debateable point. If every single line of code is ai written, does it become an ai project. I woild argue not because of himan involvement to get it there. I also dont see it happening. Not every line of code is replaced. But if it was, that would be a court challenge.