> There is some nuance here that you fail to notice or you pretend you don't see it :D
I could say the same for you:
> I can't copy-paste a computer program and resell it without a license. I can't say "Oh I've just read the bits, learned from it and based on this knowledge I created my own computer program that looks exactly the same except the author name is different in the »About...« section"
Nobody uses LLMs to copy others' code. Nobody wants a carbon-copy of someone else's software, if that's what they wanted they would have used those people's software. I mean maybe someone does but that's not the point of LLMs and it's not why people use them.
I use LLMs to write code for me some times. I am quite sure that nobody in history has ever written that code. It's not copied from anyone, it's written specifically to solve the given task. I'm sure it's similar to a lot of code out there, I mean it's not often we write truly novel stuff. But there's nothing wrong with that. Most websites are pretty similar. Most apps are pretty similar. Developers all over the world write the same-ish code every day.
And if you don't want anyone to copy your precious code then don't publish it. That's the most ironic thing about all this - you put your code on the internet for everyone to see and then you make a big deal about the possibility of an LLM copying it as a response to a prompt?
Bro if I wanted your code I could go to your public github repo and actually copy it, I don't need an LLM to do that for me. Don't publish it if you're so worried about being copied.
I could say the same for you:
> I can't copy-paste a computer program and resell it without a license. I can't say "Oh I've just read the bits, learned from it and based on this knowledge I created my own computer program that looks exactly the same except the author name is different in the »About...« section"
Nobody uses LLMs to copy others' code. Nobody wants a carbon-copy of someone else's software, if that's what they wanted they would have used those people's software. I mean maybe someone does but that's not the point of LLMs and it's not why people use them.
I use LLMs to write code for me some times. I am quite sure that nobody in history has ever written that code. It's not copied from anyone, it's written specifically to solve the given task. I'm sure it's similar to a lot of code out there, I mean it's not often we write truly novel stuff. But there's nothing wrong with that. Most websites are pretty similar. Most apps are pretty similar. Developers all over the world write the same-ish code every day.
And if you don't want anyone to copy your precious code then don't publish it. That's the most ironic thing about all this - you put your code on the internet for everyone to see and then you make a big deal about the possibility of an LLM copying it as a response to a prompt?
Bro if I wanted your code I could go to your public github repo and actually copy it, I don't need an LLM to do that for me. Don't publish it if you're so worried about being copied.