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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by happymellon on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:59PM (#27740891)
Pretty sure if someone trained a code suggestion tool with Windows source, Microsoft would claim that a single similar character being the same is grounds for copyright infringement.

They are putting GPL code in non-gpled codebases. Is it okay to take sections of other people's source code and use it on yours, if you just got it as a suggestion?

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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by dboreham on Monday July 05, 2021 @04:04PM (#27741377)
The true test will be whether MS indemnifies me against claims of copyright (and patent) infringement due to use of their tool.
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Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright by happymellon on Monday July 05, 2021 @04:49PM (#27741690)
This will be interesting to watch.
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