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> For example, GitHub license section D.4 specifically grants GitHub the right to display your content, analyze your content, and reproduce it in full to other

> For example, GitHub license section D.4 specifically grants GitHub the right to display your content, analyze your content, and reproduce it in full to other users of the service. Yet no one seems particularly interested in discussing that here today, because it isn't compatible with the outrage that people are prioritizing on HN when discussion Copilot. How applicable is the Github license when a lot of code on Github (let's say eg. the Linux kernel) was posted there by people other than the individual copyright holders? I'd assume they can only rely on the open source license of the code in question, and not really on additional license terms. As far as I can tell, Github claims fair use rather than citing their license.

floatingatoll 5y ago
That's perhaps the most important question of this entire debate, and it's the one that no one is considering seriously here in the comments. I personally think that it's because no one at HN is both competent enough at copyright and licensing law to debate it and willing to spend time debating it with Internet commenters for a $0/hour wage.
- IncRnd 5y ago
  > That's perhaps the most important question of this entire debate, and it's the one that no one is considering seriously here in the comments. You missed the comment on this page, 4 hours prior to your comment, that mentioned this. It's difficult to take your comments seriously.
  - floatingatoll 5y ago
    If an oversight is all the excuse needed to dismiss considering anything I’ve said that you find unpalatable, then I can save you trouble and instruct you to dismiss everything I ever say, now and in the future, as I am merely human and will continue to be imperfect forever. I don’t generally intend to post this disclaimer on every comment I make, as this is a standard human condition defect in all of us, but I hope this one-time exception allows you to reject my opinions and move on to other discussions with a clear conscience.

floatingatoll 5y ago

That's perhaps the most important question of this entire debate, and it's the one that no one is considering seriously here in the comments. I personally think that it's because no one at HN is both competent enough at copyright and licensing law to debate it and willing to spend time debating it with Internet commenters for a $0/hour wage.

IncRnd 5y ago
> That's perhaps the most important question of this entire debate, and it's the one that no one is considering seriously here in the comments. You missed the comment on this page, 4 hours prior to your comment, that mentioned this. It's difficult to take your comments seriously.
- floatingatoll 5y ago
  If an oversight is all the excuse needed to dismiss considering anything I’ve said that you find unpalatable, then I can save you trouble and instruct you to dismiss everything I ever say, now and in the future, as I am merely human and will continue to be imperfect forever. I don’t generally intend to post this disclaimer on every comment I make, as this is a standard human condition defect in all of us, but I hope this one-time exception allows you to reject my opinions and move on to other discussions with a clear conscience.