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licensing

If AI can rewrite anything: What’s left of copyright and copyleft?

Holger

Every software license you have ever used - from a proprietary EULA to the GNU GPL - rests on a single assumption: that code is copyrightable, and that copying its expression is something different from reimplementing its ideas. For half a century, that premise and distinction held. It gave us the...

The Open Source Loophole: Why Software Licenses Are Broken in the Age of AI Agents

Michael Petychakis

There is a legal fiction at the heart of modern software development, and in 2026 it is becoming impossible to ignore.The MIT License says: “Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person…”A person. A human being. Someone who can read, understand, and be held accountable. Your AI...