[License-review] [SUBMISSION] AI-MIT License 1.0 — permissive license for AI-generated code

[Pamela Chestek]

On 3/15/2026 2:27 PM, Joshua Gay via License-review wrote:
> What I was reacting to was the idea that a file level label could 
> reliably determine something like "this file is fully AI generated and 
> therefore public domain." That moves from documentation into making a 
> legal conclusion about authorship based on the boundary of a file. In 
> otherwords, files are convenient implementation artifacts, but they 
> are not reliable boundaries for authorship. A given module may span 
> multiple files, or a single file may reflect design decisions, 
> prompts, surrounding code context, and integration work that occurred 
> elsewhere in the repository. In that sense the authorship of a portion 
> of code often comes from the development process and the structure of 
> the larger work, not just the literal text inside a particular file.

That's very true, but it's not a new problem arising with AI, it's a 
challenge that has existed all along. I don't know any other way to cope 
with it. As Josh pointed out higher in the thread, even if it's clear on 
the first submission what the authorship is, that clarity very quickly 
disappears as the software gets modified.

Pam

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