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Only if the threshold of originality is passed. I feel many of Copilot snippets are so tiny that this threshold is not reached. But not a judge here. https://e
by miohtama 5y ago
Only if the threshold of originality is passed. I feel many of Copilot snippets are so tiny that this threshold is not reached. But not a judge here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality
- rectang 5y agoThe threshold of originality is clearly being reached some of the time: > Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments (twitter.com/mitsuhiko) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27710287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27710287
- dragonwriter 5y agoIf it is relevant at all, the threshold of originality applies to the allegedly-copyrighted source consumed by Copilot (as regards bare infringement, not wilfull infringement). If that doesn't meet the threshold, it is not copyrightable. If it is, unauthorized copying not within a copyright exception (e.g., fair use) is infringement. I can't see any case where originality of the snippet presented by Copilit matters (if Copilot were a person, it would matter to determining if the snippet on its own was copyrightable by Copilot, but still wouldn't be relevant to whether to original copyright was violated.)