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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by Someone on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:33PM (#33458016)
It demonstrates that it stifles copying. That may make it easier for the copier to innovate, but doesn’t dispute the main argument in favor of copyright protection: that, without the protection of copyright, the code wouldn’t have been written.
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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by elil17 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:21PM (#33458693)
I think in the case of open source code, most of it still would have been written if no copyright protections existed.
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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by Someone on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:45AM (#33462982)
Most of it? I would think >50% of open source code writers find it necessary to restrict the rights to copy and use their code. In a world without copyright protections, would the GPL be legal?

(and I guess courts might, in the future, say the GPL expires when copyrights on the code expire)

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