Relicensing with AI-assisted rewrite
Summary
This article discusses relicensing the chardet project from LGPL to MIT using an AI-assisted rewrite, raising questions about clean-room methodology, derivative works, and copyright in AI-generated code. It ties the discussion to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on AI-generated material, highlighting potential risks to copyleft licenses and the legal status of machine-generated outputs. The piece serves as a cautionary view on using AI to alter licensing and the governance implications for OSS projects.