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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by throwaway3699 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:14AM (#27688070)
What's the point? Linux is already open under GPL 2.
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by Deathmax on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:19AM (#27688130)
You get to make changes without having to respect the GPL and thus no longer obligated to provide those changes to your end users, as you have effectively laundered the kernel source code by passing it through an "AI" and get to relicense the end result.
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by VMtest on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:39AM (#27688376)
my linux-like kernel will be MIT license though
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by jackbeck on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:18AM (#27688122)
He mentioned that the Linux-like kernel will be closed source which violates GPL
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by Ygg2 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @10:06AM (#27688704)
Does it, if code was written by a bot that trained on Linux kernel?
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by pjerem on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @10:28AM (#27688976)
You know, that's precisely what the topic here is about.
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by sp332 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:17PM (#27690338)
Probably. Copyright applies to derivative works.
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