Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to useventurebeat.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to useventurebeat.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPardon my ignorance but how do you steal code if it’s open source?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou don’t follow the license that it was distributed under. Commonly, if you use open source code in your project and that code is under a license that requires your project to be open source if you do that, but then you keep yours closed source.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI still wouldn’t call it stealing, but I guess “broke open source code licenses” doesn’t have the same impact, but I’d prefer accuracy.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s piracy, distributing copyrighted works against the terms of its license. I agree stealing is not really the right word.
Pardon my ignorance but how do you steal code if it’s open source?
You don’t follow the license that it was distributed under.
Commonly, if you use open source code in your project and that code is under a license that requires your project to be open source if you do that, but then you keep yours closed source.
I still wouldn’t call it stealing, but I guess “broke open source code licenses” doesn’t have the same impact, but I’d prefer accuracy.
It’s piracy, distributing copyrighted works against the terms of its license. I agree stealing is not really the right word.