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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by concordDance on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:31PM (#31851487)
If they had a reasonable basis for believing they had a license they're in the clear. "I didn't know" might not be enough but "I had good reasons to think otherwise" is.
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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by vorpalhex on Thursday June 23, 2022 @03:12PM (#31853846)
> If they had a reasonable basis for believing they had a license they're in the clear.

False.

If they committed copyright infringement, even if they genuinely believed they weren't, they are not in the clear. They still owe damages.

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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by concordDance on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:19PM (#31856626)
Can I have a citation?
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