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Re:An Open Source Lawyer’s View on the Copilot Class Action ... by throwaway290 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:19AM (#33543265)
If it was a true OSS project, first it would not clearly benefit a single near-monopoly by using my code (as in, that wouldn't be its purpose), and second I'm sure its contributors would be well placed to understand the issue and from the start bake in a reliable, transparent mechanism for opting out.

As is, it's EEE applied to open source-- Microsoft's ultimate play. When your brainchild gets gobbled up faster than you can blink, pushed to people who never learn about your existence, and a megacorp that you are ethically opposed to profits from the process, the need for self-actualization is no longer addressed. The fundamental incentive that pushes us to publish in the open, to have other humans acknowledge you and your work and feel pride in it, is being eliminated.

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