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Until the Copilot product is accessible to the public on the same terms as the free software on which it is based, it is another example of corporate exploitati
by CyberRabbi 5y ago
Until the Copilot product is accessible to the public on the same terms as the free software on which it is based, it is another example of corporate exploitation of the commons, or, in other words, open theft.
If it separately becomes a long term trend for private companies to use neural net regurgitation to allow them to use free software without complying with the GPL, free software must be completely abandoned.
- andybak 5y agoI disagree. This feels like a similar overextension of the concept of intellectual property that brought us the Oculus vs Google case. On the whole, the things that Copilot "steals" are the things that probably shouldn't be legally protected in the first place.
- CyberRabbi 5y agoThe logical conclusion of your position is a de facto situation in which only private corporations get to enjoy intellectual property rights. It’s easy to steal from free software developers but if you steal anything from a corporation your life will be ruined.
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- andybak 5y agoI can't reply in full right now but that's a false dichotomy.