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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by ralph84 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @10:46AM (#27689184)
I get the sense that GitHub wants this to be litigated so the case law can be established. Until then it’s just a bunch of internet lawyers arguing with each other.
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by pjfin123 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:00PM (#27690835)
Why would you want to? For many open source developers having models trained on your code would be desirable.
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Re:GitHub Copilot as open source code laundering? by MadAhab on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:10PM (#27692367)
I got the sense they saw Google beating Sun/Java in the supreme court and said "We'll be fine, lets move the release up"
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