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Why AI won’t “Kill Open Source”
Quoting: Why AI won't "Kill Open Source” - Gaël Duval (blog, Murena, /e/OS my data is my data, Mandrake Linux...) —
Some people say that open source will not survive the rise of generative AI. I understand the angle, but it leaves me puzzled.
Open source is first a tool for transparency. When you can see the source code, you can verify that it does not hide anything dangerous or dishonest. You can check if there are bugs. It is also a way to let others contribute to a project. They can fix bugs, propose new features, or adapt the code for another purpose. And there is another important aspect: sharing and forking. Sharing code is how open source spreads knowledge and helps others build new things. Forking allows innovation, diversity, and sometimes even new communities to grow from the same base.
All of that stays true, no matter how the code is written. Whether it comes from a human typing every line or from a machine generating it, it doesn’t change what open source means. If you make the code proprietary, you lose these essential benefits: transparency, collaboration, sharing, freedom, whatever tool you used to create it.