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Does the licence make a difference regarding whether or not Copilot code is legal to use? To my understanding, the crux of the argument comes down to whether da
by sundarurfriend 5y ago
Does the licence make a difference regarding whether or not Copilot code is legal to use? To my understanding, the crux of the argument comes down to whether data crunched down and regurgitated by machine learning algorithms retains its licence - regardless of what it is.
I suppose if we assume it retains it, then TFA's claim creates a further question of how the hell anyone using copilot can conform to this unholy mixture of all the licences. But that's a big assumption at this point.
- ipaddr 5y agoThe output is legally toxic to any company who uses it and opens up legal avenues to delay your software release in court. Github may be legally okay because it shifts the legal issues to their paying users. A legal case could be made that they are assisting in ip thief by selling a product that makes copyright breaking easier (we have seen those cases) the majority of legal issues will be on the user. Imagine the Google / Oracle legal battle replayed with this tool involved..