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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by ricardobeat on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:24PM (#27725446)
> I am surprised you are able to DMCA a twitch stream because someone whistle india jones theme but in this case it is considered fair use

Why is it surprising? Indiana Jones is private IP. The code was published with an OSS license explicitly authorizing its use.

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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by krono on Saturday July 03, 2021 @09:05PM (#27726491)
From the Copilot FAQ, notice there is no specific mention of the term "Open Source":

  > It has been trained on a selection of English language and source code from publicly available sources, including code in public repositories on GitHub.
Meaning GitHub might have also been sourcing from public source / source-available projects that were not OSS licensed at all.
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