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And once again RMS was proven right.

• krapp 5y ago
  How would the GPL have prevented this, exactly? More explicitly, how would a license that gives everyone the right to copy, modify and redistribute source code for any purpose without compensation or attribution have prevented Github from building a tool that copies, modifies and redistributes source code without compensation or attribution?
  • IAmLiterallyAB 5y ago
    Because if you use GPL code, you must release your use/changes under the GPL. That's why the GPL is often called infectious. If copilot spits out GPL code verbatim, the user of the code must respect the license.
  • lal 5y ago
    You don't know how the GPL works. The GPL explicitly requires attribution. I don't understand what you thought you were saying. The GPL places strict requirements on the licensing of derivative works. You don't know how the GPL works.
    • greyhair 5y ago
      And if they provide attribution?