Open Code LLMs and Software Heritage

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development. The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) capable of generating code presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge lies in navigating the complex legal and ethical landscapes governing these innovations. To address this, we unveiled our statement on Large Language Models for Code in October 2023, outlining our guiding principles: openness, transparency, and respect for the authors.