Re: Next Steps For the Software Heritage Problem

[Ian Eure <ian@retrospec.tv>]

Guix sends archive requests to SWH.  SWH gives that source code to 
HuggingFace.  HuggingFace demonstrably violates the licenses.

Guix could stop sending archive requests to SWH.  This wouldn’t 
*stop* the bad things from happening, but it would *stop 
condoning* them.  The same as how Guix not allowing non-free 
software doesn’t stop people from running it, but doesn’t condone 
it.

Please read my replies in this thread, and the earlier 
"Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive" one.  I have 
outlined the situation, repeatedly, with references.

Thanks,

  — Ian

Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:

> What is the role of GNU Guix in this? If Guix is mainly a 
> referral
> mechanism like web page links to the actual contents, the real 
> problem
> is not Guix but the use of free software which can be obtained 
> via
> other mechanisms directly anyway to train LLMs if Guix is not in 
> the
> loop?