That would be great to Copilot show where it found this snippet and give the person credit about. Even if it's unlicensed.
Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote
by seba_dos1 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:54AM
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If it's unlicensed, then you can't use it at all, so giving attribution wouldn't change much in that case.
Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote
by tiborsaas on Thursday June 23, 2022 @09:55AM
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Is is really stealing when your code is used to change a parameter value from 0.3623727247 to 0.3623727321?
It does not matter what the internal representation is. What matters is that Microsoft is selling a tool which reproduces non-public domain works while claiming to grant the user ownership of the output.
That’s all I ask — if you use my code, give me credit.
Stealing my code to train your bot — which will replicate portions verbatim! — is no different whatsoever than the casual plagiarist that copies and pastes a novel snippet manually.
Its absolutely my legal and ethical prerogative to complain about people stealing my code by failing to respect the license under which it was freely provided.