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It is only an attack on OSS if licenses like the GPL are not respected. If copilot simply copies code it was trained on, it is more of a threat to proprietary s
by marcodiego 5y ago
It is only an attack on OSS if licenses like the GPL are not respected. If copilot simply copies code it was trained on, it is more of a threat to proprietary software, since any sufficiently large copy from GPL'd software would have to be GPL licensed too.
If GPL is respected, copilot may help many proprietary softwares to be open source re-licensed. That should be seen as a positive outcome from FLOSS supporters.
But it is not easy to predict exactly what will happen and how people and companies will behave.
- canadianfella 5y agoSoftwares? Software is plural.
- craftinator 5y agoActually, they both are correct. "Softwares" has a different and older connotation to it, but both are acceptable in English.
- canadianfella 5y agoIt’s correct the same way “on accident” is correct.
- yepthatsreality 5y agoI’m actually wondering why you would release such a product as it seems like a path to software developers unionizing.
- philipov 5y agoIf their use of GPL'd code is fair use, then they are probably not required to respect any restrictions the licenses places on the use of that code.