Re: GCC LLM policy adopted

Aigars Mahinovs <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 10:41:47 +0200
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 10:11, Gard Spreemann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is this really what we're discussing though? I can see why one would
> want an AI policy not to bar on copyright grounds something that is not
> copyrightable in the first place. That's reasonable. But I don't think
> it's what people really mean when they're concerned about
> copyright.


The wording of the proposals bans *all* contributions where AI is used in
their creation, without any regard to the copyrightability of the
contribution itself.

So that is why the argument is proposed, that if teh copyright *is* the key
concern, then the policy should not apply to contrubitions small enough not
to be considered as copyrightable and do so explicitly.

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Best regards,
    Aigars Mahinovs

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=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 10:11, Gard Spreemann &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
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border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Is this really wha=
t we&#39;re discussing though? I can see why one would<br>
want an AI policy not to bar on copyright grounds something that is not<br>
copyrightable in the first place. That&#39;s reasonable. But I don&#39;t th=
ink<br>
it&#39;s what people really mean when they&#39;re concerned about<br>
copyright.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The wording of the proposals ban=
s *all* contributions where AI is used in their creation, without any regar=
d to the copyrightability of the contribution itself.</div><div><br></div><=
div>So that is why the argument is proposed, that if teh copyright *is* the=
 key concern, then the policy should not apply to contrubitions small enoug=
h not to be considered as copyrightable and do so explicitly.=C2=A0</div></=
div><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Best regards,<br>=C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 Aigars Mahinovs</div></div></div>

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