Re: Licensing AI Agent Skills - A New Frontier?

Pamela Chestek <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Apr 2026 09:05:44 -0700
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On 4/6/2026 8:29 AM, Richard Fontana via License-discuss wrote:
> My general view is that traditional open source software licenses are
> completely appropriate for association with such material if they are
> copyrightable (and I'm starting to come around to the view, which I'd
> previously been resisting for a complex set of reasons, that they are
> appropriate even in situations where copyrightability is relatively
> dubious).
Can you elaborate?

Pam


Pamela S. Chestek
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    On 4/6/2026 8:29 AM, Richard Fontana via License-discuss wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAC1cPGz6kX6qx9sv_jEdpHpGZH4AWS2Vc6utgueMvKp14AX1tw@mail.gmail.com">
      <pre>My general view is that traditional open source software licenses are
completely appropriate for association with such material if they are
copyrightable (and I'm starting to come around to the view, which I'd
previously been resisting for a complex set of reasons, that they are
appropriate even in situations where copyrightability is relatively
dubious).</pre>
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    Can you elaborate?<br>
    <br>
    Pam<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    Pamela S. Chestek<br>
    Chestek Legal<br>
    4641 Post St.<br>
    Unit 4316<br>
    El Dorado Hills, CA 95762<br>
    +1 919-800-8033<br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.chesteklegal.com">www.chesteklegal.com</a><br>
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