Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:02:04 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL and AI Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020114090101.01ef77c0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020114001636.P3656-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net>
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At 11:34 PM 1/13/2002, Ryan Thompson wrote: >Suppose that, in the making of an artificially intelligent sentient >being, one incorporated or extended GPL-protected software components. >Suppose, as well, that this being was sufficiently advanced to be >classified as a life form, for whatever definition of "life form" >seems convenient to your argument. > >Would the new life form be restricted by the GPL? Would its own rights >have any bearing? > >If the new life form had intimate relations with another AI licensed >under, say, a BSD-style license, without protection, would the other >AI necessarily become infected with GPL? RMS, as High Priest, would doubtless prohibit intermarriage so as to keep the race pure. ;-) --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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