This Article is Freeware
The ultimate defence. Everything is "Freeware"!
Microsoft AI CEO mentions "freeware"
From: Akira Urushibata Subject: Microsoft AI CEO mentionss "freeware" Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 08:31:15 +0900 (JST) Recently Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman stated that everything on the open web is "freeware" that anyone can freely copy and use.
As I understand, the term "freeware" has never been clearly defined. This is a term that a director of a company whose fortune is built upon copyrighted material should avoid. Maybe this is a symptom of the contradictions that companies which desire to exploit large-language models face.
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
"Freeware"
Please don't use the term "freeware" as a synonym for "free software." The term "freeware" was used often in the 1980s for programs released only as executables, with source code not available. Today it has no particular agreed-on definition.
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Microsoft's AI boss thinks it's perfectly OK to steal content if it's on the open web - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24188391/microsoft-ai-suleyman-social-contract-freeware
When CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him whether "AI companies have effectively stolen the world's IP," he said:
I think that with respect to content that's already on the open web, the social contract of that content since the `90s has been that it is fair use. Anyone can copy it, recreate with it, reproduce with it. That has been "freeware," if you like, that's been the understanding.
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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman describes content on the open web as `freeware' - SiliconANGLE https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/28/microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman-describes-content-open-web-freeware/