If you haven't subscribed yet, and you still receive this reply, would
you care to elaborate on what the "currently prevalent legal, political
and economic framework" in the use of LLMs is? Or at least provide
sources? I would be very interested in that.
Thank you.
Andreas
On 04/06/2026 20:41, Ian Z via rsync wrote:> With everyone piling up in support, I have to provide to lone contrary
> voice :-P
>
> I don't want to be an asshole about it; I still respect Tridge and
> everyone who has contributed to rsync and made it such a versatile
> tool. I just strongly and clearly disagree about this. My position is
> that under the currently prevalent legal, political and economic
> framework any use of LLMs and their fruits is unethical, even if it
> seems to provide a short term benefit to an individual or a team.
>
> So I'll be replacing all uses of rsync on my systems, and
> unsubscribing from this list in short order.
>
> Thanks for all the fish.
>