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Eric S. Raymond says AI will end closed-source software
Original: Open-Source Guru Raymond: AI Ends Closed-Source Software Open-source co-founder Eric S. Raymond explains closed-source s
Open-source pioneer Eric S. Raymond argues that closed-source software is effectively finished, because AI tools make reverse engineering proprietary code cheap and easy. Writing about AI's impact on the software industry, he says vendors can no longer keep their programs secret in any meaningful way, and that the economics that sustained proprietary software are collapsing as machine-assisted analysis spreads.
Why now: The claim that AI will upend decades of proprietary software business models is provocative and comes from a highly respected figure in the open-source movement.
Evidence
- Open-Source Guru Raymond: AI Ends Closed-Source Software Open-source co-founder Eric S. Raymond explains closed-source software is effectively over thanks to AI-powered reverse engineering. https://www. heise.de/en/news/Open-Source-G… · heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de
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