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Re:Analyzing the legal implications of GitHub Copilot by mr_toad on Thursday July 15, 2021 @11:12PM (#27852706)
> FOSS licenses by definition permit redistribution

Uploading to GitHub is not just redistribution, it’s relicensing. Whether that is permitted depends on the license.

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Re:Analyzing the legal implications of GitHub Copilot by jolmg on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:16AM (#27857121)
From the TOS[1]:

> If you upload Content that already comes with a license granting GitHub the permissions we need to run our Service, no additional license is required.

[1] https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o...

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