Simon Willison 1/11/2026

My answers to the questions I posed about porting open source code with LLMs

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The article details the author's reflections on using LLMs like GPT-5.2 and Claude Code to port open source software between languages. It directly addresses key questions on the legality, ethics, and potential impact on the open source ecosystem of this AI-assisted development method, concluding it is ethical with proper attribution.

My answers to the questions I posed about porting open source code with LLMs

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