Asahi Linux Drops MIT and Goes Full GPL After AI Tools Were Used to Steal Unreleased Code
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Asahi Linux's 7.3 update brought a technical breakthrough with Thunderbolt port support. The long-term impact of the release, however, is in project governance. The team responsible for running Linux on Apple Silicon processors abandoned the MIT license and adopted the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) [...]
The Asahi Linux project has described its work around Linux 7.3 in a status report. The development report describes progress in supporting Apple's M3, M4 and M5 processors, Thunderbolt and virtualization of MacOS. In addition to the technical innovations, Asahi Linux is changing its licensing policy. The project wants its repositories gradually from the MIT license to the GPL version 2 or
Asahi Linux, the volunteer project without which no Mac M1, M2 or M3 would run Linux, abandons the very permissive MIT license to the benefit of the GPL. Behind this legal turnaround is a burning question for all free software: how to protect years of voluntary retro-engineering when competing projects and AI can aspire them in a few clicks? [Read more] Use Google News (News in France)? You can follow your favorite media. Follow Frandroid on Goo…
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