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> Works licensed under copyleft may be copied, modified and distributed by all, as long as any copies or derivative works may in turn be re-used under the same
by CyberRabbi 5y ago
> Works licensed under copyleft may be copied, modified and distributed by all, as long as any copies or derivative works may in turn be re-used under the same license conditions. This creates a virtuous circle, thanks to which more and more innovations are open to the general public.
She claims that Copilot advanced the goals of copyleft but copilot does not create a “virtuous cycle” of generating more public IP. The customers of Copilot use Copilot extract public work through Copilot for themselves and are not compelled to contribute back.
Copilot is anti-FOSS plain and simple.