Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments

Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by buu700 on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:18AM (#27711821)

Makes sense. Maybe something like git-lfs/git-annex would be sufficient to address the linking issue, but it seems like the bigger concern is whether a court would accept this as valid attribution. In a sense it reminds me of the LavaBit stunt with the printed key.

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Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by joeyh on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:05AM (#27712448)

I think a judge could be persuaded that a list of every known human does not constitute a valid attribution of the actual author, even though their name is on the list. The purpose of an attribution is to acknowledge the creator of the work, and such a list fails at that.

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Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by buu700 on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:25AM (#27712727)

Makes sense. That's probably the best interpretation here. Any other decision would make attribution lists optional in general for all practical purposes.

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