GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code

Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by bigiain on Sunday October 16, 2022 @08:43PM (#33228640)

> With stable diffusion it's much closer to someone remixing and aping the images than it is reproducing originals.

So very similar to how the music industry treats sampling then?

Everybody using CoPilot needs to get "code sample clearance" from the original copyright holder before publishing their remix or new program that uses snippets of somebody else's code...

Try explaining _that_ to your boss and legal department.

"To: <all software dev> Effective immediately, any use of Github is forbidden without prior written approval from both the CTO and General Councel."

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by kmeisthax on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:46PM (#33229018)

This is already a problem with anyone who ever copypastes from Stack Overflow. You're all violating CC-BY-SA[0] and nobody really cares about this.

[0] https://stackoverflow.com/help/licensing

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by bscphil on Sunday October 16, 2022 @10:22PM (#33229257)

If I ever take any code from SO, I include a comment with a link to it. Surely that's standard practice for anything longer than a line or two?

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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by fourthark on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:55AM (#33229934)

I do the same. I think it satisfies BY (attribution) but not SA (Share Alike).

As GP says, no one really cares, but it seems hard to satisfy SA... even if you are pasting into open source, is your license compatible with CC?

Perhaps I'm over-thinking this.

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