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Ask HN: Will AI trigger mass IP protectionism in software?

A Hacker News user asked whether AI's training on existing code will trigger mass intellectual property protectionism in software, as developers may become reluctant to share original code without attribution or financial gain. The post, which received 2 points and 1 comment, questions if the value of code has become so cheap that sharing no longer matters.

read1 min views1 publishedAug 23, 2026

One of the reasons AI is so "good" at software development is that it is trained on a snapshot of a large corpus of already solved software problems.

In the future, wouldn't that make anyone who produces original code become more cautious of sharing it, being aware that it will just be fed into the "hive mind" and they'll never get any attribution or financial gain out of it?

Or has the value of code, tools and software become so cheap it doesn't really matter anymore?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408691](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408691)

Points: 2

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