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Re:GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion by neurostimulant on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:57AM (#33243138)
> I won't be afraid of accidently violating copyright myself, because I won't be trying to bait it into reproducing heavily copy&pasted cherrypicked examples, and I won't use 20 lines of its output with zero modification.

Maybe you can exercise some discipline when using copilot, but what about your coworkers? Many companies might not want their employees to insert copyrighted codes into their projects accidentally.

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Re:GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion by perryizgr8 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:08AM (#33243189)
> Many companies might not want their employees to insert copyrighted codes into their projects accidentally.

They can opt not to pay for this entirely voluntary service.

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