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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by quietbritishjim on Thursday June 23, 2022 @01:30PM (#31852436)
Even if Github did provide that setting, as a courtesy, someone could clone / fork the code to another repo (if you use any licence that allows it) and not enable that setting.
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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by Inityx on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:05PM (#31852933)
Sure that's possible, but there's a huuuge difference between Possible and Default Behavior.
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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by TAForObvReasons on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:58PM (#31853655)
In a case like this, GitHub itself could set up a bot account that forks all projects as soon as you make the switch. The company in fact would be incentivized to do so.
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