<2>FSF Threatens Anthropic Over Infringed Copyright: Share Your LLMs Freely
<3>The Free Software Foundation’s Stance on Copyright Infringement
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced that it will take action against Anthropic, a leading developer of Large Language Models (LLMs), over claims of copyright infringement. The FSF holds the copyright to the book “Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software,” which was included in Anthropic’s training data without permission.
<3>The Importance of Sharing LLMs
As the FSF points out, the right thing to do is to protect computing freedom by sharing complete training inputs with every user of the LLM, together with the complete model, training configuration settings, and the accompanying software source code. This would allow users to understand how the model was trained and make informed decisions about its use.
<3>The FSF’s Ultimatum to Anthropic
The FSF has given Anthropic an ultimatum: provide the LLMs to their users in freedom, or face the consequences. The FSF has stated that it will not settle for anything less than freedom in the event of a lawsuit