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Re:GitHub Copilot by lostmsu on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:57AM (#27685028)
No you aren't. Courts will consider it fair use.
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Re:GitHub Copilot by mytherin on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @04:49PM (#27693293)
How are you going to prove it was the AI that generated the GPL licensed function ad verbatim from another project, rather than you just opening that project and copying the function yourself?
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Re:GitHub Copilot by lostmsu on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @11:54PM (#27696119)
I will not. Courts will simply consider a single function not to be substantive enough piece of work to constitute unfair use.
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