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(Disclaimer: not a lawyer so may be wrong here) There's a third outcome not mentioned here though. The author loses both cases but Microsoft's Copilot is still
by woojoo666 4y ago
(Disclaimer: not a lawyer so may be wrong here)
There's a third outcome not mentioned here though. The author loses both cases but Microsoft's Copilot is still legal. That's because there's major difference between releasing a product from AI generated code, and Microsoft releasing the AI itself. Microsoft Copilot might generate code derived from GPL, but it's up to the developer to ensure that it isn't before releasing it.
The precedent that Copilot sets is that you can train AI to generate copyleft code, but that doesn't mean you get to release it.
- mpalmer 4y agoMicrosoft doesn't come away a winner either in that scenario. They're left with a product that can infect their customer's code with unwanted license, not to mention questions about the ethics of reproducing code to such a level of fidelity that you trigger the license.