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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by IncRnd on Sunday October 16, 2022 @07:07PM (#33227999)
The code is not GPL but is copyrighted in his name.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by naikrovek on Sunday October 16, 2022 @08:41PM (#33228625)
some of it is lgpl and some of it is gpl. code contributed by others is licensed differently.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by IncRnd on Sunday October 16, 2022 @11:45PM (#33229636)
The license for other code, even when in the same repo, doesn't apply to the license on the code that is under discussion here.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by aeyes on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:05PM (#33228779)
It is also allowed to be used under LGPL terms: https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse/blob/mast...

But that doesn't make it any better.

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by IncRnd on Sunday October 16, 2022 @11:46PM (#33229643)
Yes, but I was pointing that out to my parent poster, who erronesouly said the code was GPL licensed.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by naikrovek on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:29PM (#33228923)
GPL'd code has a copyright owner.

those two things exist at the same time.

try reading a licence now and again!

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by IncRnd on Sunday October 16, 2022 @11:39PM (#33229612)
Slow down there with the snarky comments. I never said GPL'd code doesn't have a copyright owner.
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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by twaw on Monday October 17, 2022 @03:26AM (#33230684)
Any code is proprietary by default. GNU GPL license lifts some restrictions, in excange of more code, but it doesnt work when license is broken. Look at cases about GPL violation.

Copiloot doesn't obey GPL license, so they need to obtain written permission and pay license fees to be able to use code in their product.

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by IncRnd on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:20AM (#33231653)
Thank you for that, though it seems you replied to the wrong comment. That doesn't have to do with what I wrote.
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