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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by _pdp_ on Friday March 27, 2026 @05:55PM (#47548832)
So you will train on data collected from free users working on GPL and copyrighted projects?
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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by DougN7 on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:11PM (#47549035)
And on users that don’t even use github, other than the required account to use CoPilot in Visual Studio.
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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by _pdp_ on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:44PM (#47549369)
Exactly.

This affects anyone using VS Code or Copilot with proprietary data, including all the users automating workflows through the Copilot SDK and the like. A perfect storm.

Did anyone from GitHub's legal team actually authorise this, or did they use Copilot to sign off on it?

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