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Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by tardyp on Saturday November 05, 2022 @08:18PM (#33487369)
MIT is not a gift. It still requires attribution, notice and license term.

This lawsuit is even not about copy left.

Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by anewguy9000 on Saturday November 05, 2022 @11:55PM (#33488757)
the gist of the mit license is, "use without restriction". without the license the default is that you have no right to the work, so the license is what makes it a gift. you're welcome
Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by bageljr on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:13AM (#33488894)
no it very much isn't use without restriction - you must credit the the author and otherwise follow the licensee. I can't copy and republish code from the Nvidia driver leaks because those are copyrighted by Nvidia (unless I have permission from them). In the same way you cannot copy and republish code from a MIT project unless I have permission from them (via the MIT licensee).
Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by anewguy9000 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:10AM (#33489247)
i would suggest reading the text [0] to educate yourself

[0] https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by drran on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:44AM (#33490833)
I would suggest to read the text and then contribute to the discussion. We have access to search engines too.
Re:Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot by wnkrshm on Sunday November 06, 2022 @06:59AM (#33491671)
But doesn't it say:

> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

So that's a required attribution if you want to follow the MIT license?