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Re:Is GitHub Copilot a blessing, or a curse? by ashtonkem on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @08:08AM (#27892751)
Turning the free contributions of an enthusiastic community and turning it into private, closed source wealth is a bit of a Microsoft tradition. Arguably Bill Gates did exactly the same thing with Microsoft; it was picked by IBM specifically because the community recommended it, a community despised by Gates who thought they were “stealing” from him.

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