Platform Development • Re: Tentative LLM contribution guidelines.

Speaking of generative AI and copyright, in the US it is not a given that the product of generative AI can be copyrighted at all. If the prompts aren't skillful enough or iterated enough and the result isn't reviewed enough and/or altered enough after the fact (i.e. you are vibe coding/vibe music creating/vibe movie directing/etc.) then no copyright will apply to the resulting product*. I think this means in theory that kind of output product could not by copyrighted under the MPL or other licenses. Which makes spelling out how a generative AI contribution to the project will be accepted important in another way, potentially convincing those who would need convincing that enough work has been done to allow the product to be copyrighted.

Of course I could be wrong, and who knows what the IP landscape in this regard will be in 5-10 years from now. And of course the US isn't the end-all be-all for copyright...

*Not saying I agree with this. If the output of a tool like a digital camera has copyright assigned to the entity that actuated the shutter (for example) then surely the output of a tool like a generative AI should enjoy the same.