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Re:Chris, Nat and Satya's Calldeck Regarding Microsoft and G... by walterbell on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:51AM (#17229086)
Imagine Microsoft implementing AI “Code ID” for screening Github code uploads for intellectual property violations, if this becomes EU law in 2020, https://blog.github.com/2018-03-14-eu-proposal-upload-filter...

  $ git push ...
  remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), completed with 2 local objects.
  remote: error: GH013: Your push could infringe someone's copyright.
  remote: If you believe this is a false positive (e.g., it's yours, open
  remote: source, not copyrightable, subject to exceptions) contact us:
  remote: https://github.com/contact
  remote: We're sorry for interrupting your work, but automated copyright
  remote: filters are mandated by the EU's Article 13.
  To github.com/vollmera/atom.git
 ! [remote rejected] patch-1 -> patch-1 (push declined due to article 13 filters)
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Re:Chris, Nat and Satya's Calldeck Regarding Microsoft and G... by jacquesm on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:53AM (#17229104)
Be nice if they flagged their own:

https://twitter.com/jamiebuilds/status/1002696910266773505

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Re:Chris, Nat and Satya's Calldeck Regarding Microsoft and G... by walterbell on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:02PM (#17229821)
That thread says they have an internal system that analyzes code for conflict with StackOverflow and Github. Looks like an employee figured out how to thwart the automated code plagiarism analysis.
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