Re:GitHub Copilot investigation
by woah on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:02PM
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> You can't just take 20 lines of completely stolen code, modify a few things, and call it your own.
That's exactly what I said in my comment. I wouldn't take 20 lines of code, since it wouldn't actually work. Even if it was able to spit out 20 lines of correct code, they would be tailored to my codebase, and not violating copyright.
The only time you see CoPilot violating copyright is when someone coaxes it into that, in a completely empty codebase with no context. The violation of copyright is not possible when it is used as intended.
That's exactly what I said in my comment. I wouldn't take 20 lines of code, since it wouldn't actually work. Even if it was able to spit out 20 lines of correct code, they would be tailored to my codebase, and not violating copyright.
The only time you see CoPilot violating copyright is when someone coaxes it into that, in a completely empty codebase with no context. The violation of copyright is not possible when it is used as intended.