Claude Code fails to fetch or create the GPL v3.0 license when asked

5 points by mccoyb 10mo ago ↗ HN

Is it just me? What in the GPL v3.0 license causes CC to run into this issue?

Note that, if I copy the entire license into the prompt, it can successfully create it.

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Now let me add the GPL v3.0 LICENSE file:

Fetch(https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) ⎿ Error: Request failed with status code 429

Let me create the GPL v3.0 LICENSE file directly: ⎿ API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_er ror","message":"Output blocked by content filtering policy"},"request_id":null}

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daemonologist 10mo ago ↗

Does it have the same behavior with other common licenses?

I would not be surprised if there are some guardrails in place specifically to keep licenses from being generated. If a client accidentally re-licensed their entire source-available product because they weren't paying attention to what Claude Code was spitting out, I imagine they'd be pretty upset (I don't know if such an accidental license would hold up in court, but nevertheless).

nivertech 10mo ago ↗

Once CC tried to put an MIT license on a proprietary repo

It's best to explicitly to disallow things like that in CLAUDE.md