AI is the final frontier of Copyleft

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The GPL was a legal hack to protect users from software vendors but failed to liberate all users due to the need for elite technical knowledge.
The primary barrier to digital freedom is now the economic cost of development, not restrictive licenses.
AI is enabling a 'Second Liberation' by reducing the cost of software modification and democratizing coding skills.
AI code assistants are collapsing the cost of exercising the 'freedom to fork,' making software more fluid and accessible.
The Free Software movement's goal was individual agency over machines, which AI is now fulfilling by allowing non-programmers to modify software.
AI-generated code may lack aesthetic purity, but it aligns with the Free Software movement's focus on user sovereignty.
The 'tyranny of the vendor' is being challenged by AI, not in courtrooms but through user prompts.
Open Source AI would be preferable for AI code generators.

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