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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

The new terms of service, which will go into effect for new projects after the usual two week notice period (i.e. September 10th), will now include the following under the list of prohibited content:

  • original content written with or which facilitates the use of LLMs (large language models) or other generative AI technologies

The use of LLMs or other generative AI tools to produce or assist with the production of source code, assets, tickets, emails, and so on, will no longer be permitted on SourceHut once these terms take effect.

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[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 7 points 2 weeks ago

original content written with or which facilitates the use of LLMs (large language models) or other generative AI technologies

I feel that this becomes very restrictive.

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can see that, because technically speaking, an operating system can facilitate the use of an LLM. It would be nice if they could make that restriction more specific.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i mean the rules are there to explain and justify why they remove things, i sincerely doubt they actually intend to nuke anything that can theoretically facilitate the use of LLMs.

They just need to rewrite that bit to communicate what they actually meant.

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