Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

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On 3/16/24 17:52, Ian Eure wrote:

> Hi Guixy people,
>
> I’d never heard of SWH before I started hacking on Guix last fall, and 
> it struck me as rather a good idea.  However, I’ve seen some things 
> lately which have soured me on them.
>
> They appear to be using the archive to build LLMs: 
> https://www.softwareheritage.org/2024/02/28/responsible-ai-with-starcoder2/
>
> I was also distressed to see how poorly they treated a developer who 
> wished to update their name: 
> https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/4968198-the-software-heritag 
> https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/5052044-the-software-heritag
>
> GPL’d software I’ve created has been packaged for Guix, which I assume 
> means it’s been included in SWH.  While I’m dealing with their (IMO: 
> unethical) opt-out process, I likely also need to stop new copies from 
> being uploaded again in the future.
>
> Is there a way to indicate, in a Guix package, that it should *never* 
> be included in SWH?
>
> Is there a way to tell Guix to never download source from SWH?
>
> I want absolutely nothing to do with them.
>
> Thanks,
>
>  — Ian

Oh no.

Apparently they have A.I. and blockchain besides being also transphobic.

Thanks for the heads up. That's all I needed to know to never touch 
whatever they are doing.


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