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The ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
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The ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/Replying to @inari@piefed.zip
Is that legal?
Replying to @CubitOom@infosec.pub
No! Will there be consequences?
Replying to @Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
No! Anymore questions?
Replying to @LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Yes, are you including extrajudicial consequences in your answer?
Replying to @Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
No, do you think guillotines, or is that too old school?
Replying to @LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Maybe, I think guillotines can be impersonal, which might not elicit an appropriate level of emotional investment into any acts that are intended to be carried out.
Edit I broke the line of questions I’m so sorry
Replying to @Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
No forgiveness.
Libreoffice is MPL, which allows distribution alongside proprietary software.
Replying to @ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
That’s interesting and distressing.
Replying to @Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
It’s the whole issue with copyleft licences.
EDIT: non-copyleft
What issue are you talking about?
Replying to @Ghoelian@piefed.social
BSD licenses, the MIT one and such allow proprietary redistribution, which I find repugnant.
Also yeah I wrote this in sleep-deprivation, I should have written “non-copyleft”…
Replying to @Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Why? The authors of the software have specifically allowed it to be used in ways like this.
Replying to @frongt@lemmy.zip
I didn’t think they were distributing it correctly, no mention of the licence or source attribution
Replying to @Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
On what basis did you proclaim “No! Not legal!” if you’re now surprised by the license? Misunderstanding of the license?