For developers under US jurisdiction: „Who Owns the Code Claude Wrote

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

For developers under US jurisdiction: „Who Owns the Code Claude Wrote?
AI-generated code copyright explained for builders.“

A well written article on how copyright and „AI“ generated code interact and which questions remain unanswered.

Who Owns the Code Claude Wrote?

AI-generated code copyright explained for builders.

(legallayer.substack.com)

[da_gut@dice.camp]

@jwildeboer that is a very interesting read. Thank you!

[voguelagalere@mastodon.online]

@jwildeboer I've seen many open source projects emphatically prohibit code which is AI generated. It seems that such projects are afraid of a copyright claim from the AI company? This analysis suggests quite the opposite: AI generated code is not copyrightable. This legal analysis should be welcome news if the prohibition is because of concern of an AI company asserting a copyright claim.

[slotos@toot.community]

@VogueLaGalere @jwildeboer AI code is also not copyleftable.

If a project has a meaningful licensing model, AI contributions rot it out.

[supertobi@floss.social]

@jwildeboer There was a nice talk from @eylul at the #LGM26 about a very similar question: "The elephant in the room: who owns the image?"
https://media.ccc.de/v/lgm-2026-110662-the-elephant-in-the-room-who-owns-the-image