[DECtalk] thinking of legal gray areas with licenses

[Guillem León]

I really don't know if I want to get into this discussion, especially because my knowledge of law is basically nonexistent and also because this is like the fifth time this comes up and we get nowhere, but I feel obligated to repeat what Jayson said. AI language models DO NOT always tell the truth. They are trained to sound correct, not to be correct. Supposedly extensive research means absolutely nothing if you've conducted it using a language model, even one that can look on the Internet. They hallucinate, a lot. ChatGPT confidently tells me that a Braille 'n Speak was made by Blazie Engineering, and goes on to just as confidently state that it had a refreshable Braille display. I enjoy playing with these models as much as anyone, but always, always fact-check if looking up actual information. And please do not say you've done extensive searches with a language model if you want to be taken half-seriously.

> On 20 Mar 2023, at 12:20, <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Kyle, I did extensive searches using bing-AI or chat-gpt4 AI on this topic.
> And I have to agree with you. We are safe to use decTalk in the manner in
> which we are currently using it. so go ahead and use it with linux, windows,
> android, whatever you like. Well I hope it will come to android someday soon
> but that depends on if some dev wants to port it over or not. 
> 
> 
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> Cc: Kyle <kyle at free2.ml>
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] thinking of legal gray areas with licenses
> 
> I believe since the company that holds the copyright no longer exists, this
> would technically classify DECTalk as an orphaned work, as there is no one
> at all to enforce the copyright. This does not mean that there is no longer
> copyright on the software, nor does it make the availability of the source
> code technically legal, but it does make me comfortable using it, since
> although it is technically not legal, no one will possibly be able to
> enforce the law, since the company named in the license no longer exists, so
> there is no one who will be authorized to either give permission or deny it.
> 
> ~Kyle
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