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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.
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.