[GNC] AI policy on wiki

[Patrick James]

I mean, sure, if you're suggesting ChatGPT sometimes gives terrible legal advice, we are on the same page.


> On 08/14/2026 4:47 PM PDT Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
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> Are you sure that advocated positions are written by real lawyers? It's more like that they take it from paralegals. I have heard of how disastrous it has been if lawyers are just using AI tools only -- like citing cases that don't exist, etc.... 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick James <patrickjames14 at comcast.net> 
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2026 10:53 AM
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] AI policy on wiki
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> > On 08/14/2026 4:01 AM PDT David Kirkby via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > 
> > I have asked ChatGPT to develop me code I would release for GPL. It 
> > then inserts comments at the start to say the code is released under the GPL.
> > So, whilst like yourself I don't have a legal background, I don't 
> > think copyright should be an issue.
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> Since ChatGPT is not a lawyer licensed to practice law, I am not so sure that ChatGPT has the legal authority to determine the software licensing of its output.