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Re:Private profiles are now generally available on GitHub by harperlee on Friday September 30, 2022 @06:25AM (#33033111)
You can make code public and still legally restrict its use (see: GPL).
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Re:Private profiles are now generally available on GitHub by robin_reala on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:33AM (#33033531)
GPL doesn’t restrict you from using it as input to a model. It’s just that as the model is a derivative work, it also has to be released under the GPL.
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Re:Private profiles are now generally available on GitHub by 0x20cowboy on Friday September 30, 2022 @11:45AM (#33036443)
I know this is the main question, but is it a derivative work? Does all the code I write need to be under the GPL because I once read some GPL code and learned from it?

Or does copilot not work like other ML projects and actually copies sections of code?

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Re:Private profiles are now generally available on GitHub by harperlee on Saturday October 01, 2022 @02:53AM (#33044554)
FWIW GPL was an example, I honestly don’t know whether it applies to the particular case.
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Re:Private profiles are now generally available on GitHub by anvic on Friday September 30, 2022 @06:56AM (#33033315)
Yeah, that'll work lol
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