2026-04-13 18:10 UTC
So what happens thirty years from now when 95% of the kernel code is AI generated? It’ll be a lot easier to rewrite the parts that aren’t, and have a fully closed source kernel that you can use without following the GPL.
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@FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 18:22
The short answer is that this is a slippery slope argument. The long answer is: In this hypothetical future where 95% of the Linux kernel is AI generated, it stands to reason that generating an OS kernel is possible (by definition of the hypothetical). If generating a full OS kernel is possible then people could generate a fully closed source kernel without using any of the 5% of GPL protected code in the Linux kernel. If you allow that it's possible for AI to create a kernel with AI generated code then it will happen regardless of the status of the Linux kernel's copyright protections.