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I don’t think they should be assisted in devouring freely-accessible data in their endeavor

How is this assisting them, though? I see it as two different options:

1. They use the open-source code without giving anything back; or
2. They use the open-source code and help improve the project by reporting security issues.

In any case, a fundamental feature of both free and open-source software is that anyone can use it, regardless of if you like them or agree with them or not, without discrimination. You could instead use a license that forbids AI training, but then your code would no longer be free or open-source.

I don’t think they should be assisted in devouring freely-accessible data in their endeavor

How is this assisting them, though? I see it as two different options:

1. They use the open-source code without giving anything back; or
2. They use the open-source code and help improve the project by reporting security issues.

In any case, a fundamental feature of both free and open-source software is tjsy anyone can use it, regardless of if you like them or agree with them or not, without discrimination. You could instead use a license that forbids AI training, but then your code would no longer be free or open-source.

I don’t think they should be assisted in devouring freely-accessible data in their endeavor

How is this assisting them, though? I see it as two different options:

1. They use the open-source code without giving anything back; or
2. They use the open-source code and help improve the project by reporting security issues.

In any case, one of the reasons free software exists is so anyone can use it, regardless of if you like them or agree with them or not. You could instead use a license that forbids AI training, but then your code would no longer be free or open-source.