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

[Pamela Chestek]

I'm not following your point. Are you saying that the license text isn't 
copyrightable because it was AI generated? Why does that matter to how 
the license operates?

Pam

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On 3/15/2026 6:12 AM, Timofey Zakharcuk wrote:
> The License states it was made with ai, but it also says that "humans 
> shouldn't be able to copyright claim ai content"
> As i saw in Vol 149, Issue 6:
>
> "A note on
> meta-context This license was initially drafted with AI assistance 
> (Claude,
> Anthropic) at the direction of a human. We believe this is appropriate and
> have disclosed it in the repository. The license is itself an example of
> the category of work it governs. We welcome feedback from the 
> committee and
> the community at large."
>
> While the License says:
>
> "3. NO COPYRIGHT CLAIM (Fully AI-generated only)
>    When the "Fully AI-generated" box is checked, the Originator
>    makes no copyright claim over the Software. The Software is
>    dedicated to the public domain to the maximum extent
>    permitted by applicable law. Where public domain dedication
>    is not legally possible, the Originator grants a perpetual,
>    irrevocable, royalty-free license to all parties for any
>    purpose."
>
> AND the Readme of the license on "GitHub" says
> " /This license was itself written by an AI (Claude, Anthropic) at the 
> direction of a human author. We think that's fitting."/
>
> Therefore it contradicts itself and has no legal meaning.
>
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