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> And yet most people keep trusting them with their code on Github. Honestly, from what I've seen many people don't see the issue with this. "The code is publi
by tentacleuno 5y ago
> And yet most people keep trusting them with their code on Github.
Honestly, from what I've seen many people don't see the issue with this. "The code is public anyway, so what difference does it make?"
I'm starting to see the downsides of that viewpoint now, though[0]. If GitHub, and by extension Microsoft, technically 'own' the code (licensing, etc.) then they have free reign over it, leading to things like Copilot and Intellicode.
[0]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/201 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/201
- cageface 5y agoSourceforge was also great in the beginning but slowly rotted from one bad monetization idea after another. I hope github doesn't go that way but I'm not optimistic.
- shukantpal 5y agoIf the code was public on another site, I don't think that would've made a difference in accessibility to the AI