Meta just released its answer to GitHub Copilot, and it’s free

Re:Meta just released its answer to GitHub Copilot, and it’s... by iFire on Sunday August 27, 2023 @09:58PM (#37288780)

LICENSE

2. Additional Commercial Terms. If, on the Llama 2 version release date, the monthly active users of the products or services made available by or for Licensee, or Licensee's affiliates, is greater than 700 million monthly active users in the preceding calendar month, you must request a license from Meta, which Meta may grant to you in its sole discretion, and you are not authorized to exercise any of the rights under this Agreement unless or until Meta otherwise expressly grants you such rights.

https://github.com/facebookresearch/codellama/blob/main/LICE...

https://github.com/facebookresearch/llama/blob/main/LICENSE

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Re:Meta just released its answer to GitHub Copilot, and it’s... by acheong08 on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:47PM (#37289499)

I think this is perfectly reasonable. 700 million is a lot and it would be unreasonable profit to that amount off someone else’s R&D

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Re:Meta just released its answer to GitHub Copilot, and it’s... by pjtn8 on Monday August 28, 2023 @11:16AM (#37295452)

The best part is tech companies built these models from content they did not pay for.

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Re:Meta just released its answer to GitHub Copilot, and it’s... by natpalmer1776 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:22AM (#37308379)

Seems like a clever way to ensure direct competitors cannot use the service, but otherwise leave it open for everyone else.

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