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Copilot's model is a derivative work of GPL-licensed code, but its source is not available anywhere, which violates the GPL.
by xigoi 4y ago
Copilot's model is a derivative work of GPL-licensed code, but its source is not available anywhere, which violates the GPL.
- jakear 4y agoComputers don’t violate licenses, people do. If you’re writing MIT code and copilot tells you to include Quake’s square root algorithm and you do so, that’s on you. If Google tells you to include Quake’s square root algorithm and you do so, it’s on you. If stack overflow tells you to do so and you do, that’s on you. In all of those cases it doesn’t matter whether the platform’s software is open source, why should it for copilot? It’s the poorest of craftsmen who blames their tools. Rise above. Also, note that simply accessing an online service does not constitute a distribution of software, and thus does not fall under GPL's domain. And "derivative" appears nowhere in the GPL.