All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot

Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by arp242 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:30AM (#27769853)

Indeed; the question is if copyright should apply at all. Harping on about licenses, GPL, and whatnot is a detraction from the actual issue at hand.

Also, given that the author of this tweet called me a "bootlicker" last year in response to a somewhat lengthy nuanced post about GitHub, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that they're not all that interested in a meaningful conversation on this in the first place but are rather on a quest to "prove" GitHub is evil.

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Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by lifthrasiir on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:36AM (#27769885)

The possibility of GPL violation does show (one of) enormous ramifications of the question though. I think it's not a detraction as long as the question itself is also mentioned.

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Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by arp242 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:29AM (#27770223)

There isn't any of this here though: it just operates on the assumption that the GPL applies.

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