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Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by ghoward on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:38PM (#27775342)
Doesn't matter that it's a technical preview; people are using it now, GitHub has already used it internally. So if it infringes now, there is already code out there being used that does infringe.
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Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by rgbrenner on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:57PM (#27775599)
GitHub appears to be tracking every snippet that they're generating during their trials:

https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/research-recitatio...

Are you doing that? If not, then I wouldn't use GitHub's use as justification to engage in copyright infringement.

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Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by ghoward on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:06PM (#27775711)
Oh, I am not using Copilot. But other people not part of GitHub are. And those are still violations.
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