GitHub Copilot is generally available

Re:GitHub Copilot is generally available by omoikane on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @10:58PM (#31831545)

An example of how much copied code is worth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_...

For this content:

   a nine-line rangeCheck function, several test files, the structure, sequence and organization (SSO) of the Java (API), and the API documentation.

The cost was: "statutory damages up to a maximum of US$150,000".

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Re:GitHub Copilot is generally available by varenc on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @11:08PM (#31831601)

I don’t believe the nine lines of code was the relevant part leading to damages. It was the fact that Google copied this entire API design (SSO) for Java. I don’t think GPT-3 is in danger of doing that.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is generally available by notpushkin on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:15AM (#31831958)

Also don't forget that the Supreme Court has ruled that APIs aren't copyrightable after all (or at least fall within fair use).

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Re:GitHub Copilot is generally available by eurasiantiger on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:32AM (#31832043)

Now I understand why US IT consulting corporations have expanded into multinationals

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