Re: GCC AI Policy Announcement

Hello all,

related to https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2026-August/248648.html

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> # Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
> # (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this
> License
> # giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
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> so copyrighting the software is a means to an end, not an end in
> itself.
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> What happens if a patch contains a non-trival amount of code that
> cannot be copyrighted because it was assisted by AI?
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> If some third party were to distribute a binary of gcc, they would
> still be obliged to distribute the source that is covered by the
> GPLv3.


I tend to agree (long time ago I was involved in GCC:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.0779 ...) at that time using AI inspired
techniques.


I also don't understand what is AI assisted code generation, because
that requires a (computable) definition of AI.

Are software projects like refpersys.org (source code below) considered
as "AI"?

Are code generators like https://carburetta.com/ considered as AI (they
do use some clever AI techniques, and could be extended to use even
better one).

Is a large GNU emacs plugin or software using machine learning
techniques (e.g. extending or above or using or related to
https://github.com/magikerwin/ML-From-Scratch-With-CPP ...)

In some countries (including mine, France) a lot of GCC code can be and
has been funded thru calls (or sponsors) related to artificial
intelligence?

Thos interested by that topic might look also at
http://bootstrappingartificialintelligence.fr/WordPress3/
and a few books by Jacques Pitrat (see wikipedia).

The current many GCC plugins and extensions could be (and sometimes
are) considered as "AI".

Thanks for reading.

NB: I now work on refpersys.org and it is a GPL licensed C++ inference
engine for expert systems. Help is accepted.

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