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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by jcelerier on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:59AM (#31848422)
What you are doing is very certainly illegal
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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:52PM (#31911543)
You're unconvinced it would qualify as fair use?

It reminds me of the Google vs Oracle case. Apparently a court found that copying even a small amount of code in breach of its licence is not permitted. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_.... (ctrl-f for de minimis)

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