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

[Pamela Chestek]

On 3/14/2026 9:36 AM, Joshua Gay via License-review wrote:
> This license proposal assumes that a file labeled "fully AI generated" 
> can simply be treated as public domain. That conclusion seems much 
> stronger than current law supports.
>
> <snip>
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> When outputs are produced through modern LLM-based workflows it 
> becomes much harder to characterize the result as lacking human 
> authorship entirely.
>
> <snip>
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> Even the US Copyright Office guidance is fairly high level and still 
> developing. It recognizes that human authorship may arise through 
> selection, arrangement, editing, or other creative control, but it 
> does not provide a clear framework for evaluating prompt driven or 
> context driven systems.

I think that's the reason for this license proposal, it eliminates the 
ambiguity. It doesn't matter whether the law would characterize the code 
as copyrightable, it is a contractually adopted and legally enforceable 
statement about the legal status of the content, "When the 'Fully 
AI-generated' box is checked, the Originator makes no copyright claim 
over the Software."  It gives adopters security about their use.

Pam


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