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I expect them to check /LICENSE file and if it deviates from standard open source license, they'll skip that repository.
by vbezhenar 5y ago
I expect them to check /LICENSE file and if it deviates from standard open source license, they'll skip that repository.
- jordemort 5y agoThey haven't made any public statements on if they're looking at LICENSE or not; I'd sure appreciate it if they did!
- cxr 5y agoThe existence of a LICENSE file is neither necessary nor sufficient to determine the terms that apply to a given work.
- diffeomorphism 5y agoWhy not? If it does not exist you treat it as proprietary (copyrighted by default) and if it does exist at least the author claims that the given license is an option (possibly their mistake, not mine)
- junon 5y agoBecause individual source files might have license headers that override the root license file in the repository.
- anfelor 5y agoThey don't do that it seems. In the footnotes of https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/research-recitation https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/research-recitatio... they mention two repositories from the training set none of which specify a license.