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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by mike_d on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:02PM (#33458443)
I don't care about the money. I support this because it will establish case law that other companies can't ignore licenses as long as they throw AI somewhere in the chain.

If "I took your code and trained an AI that then generated your code" is a legal defense, the GPL and similar licenses all become moot.

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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by bastardoperator on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:46PM (#33459017)
But that's not what's happening here. Also, you grant GitHub a license.

https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-t...

"You grant us and our legal successors the right to store, archive, parse, and display Your Content"

Copilot displays content. Case closed.

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Re:We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot by mike_d on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:49PM (#33459040)
Feel free to keep reading the next line down:

"This license does not grant GitHub the right to sell Your Content. It also does not grant GitHub the right to otherwise distribute or use Your Content"

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