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I really wonder what all those people who said Microsoft acquisition of Github was a good thing for opensource think now. I'm sure there will still be mental gy

by sngz 4y ago

I really wonder what all those people who said Microsoft acquisition of Github was a good thing for opensource think now. I'm sure there will still be mental gymnastics involved.

efdee 4y ago
Claiming Github's Copilot is Microsoft's "Extinguish" step against open source _is_ the mental gymnastics.
- carom 4y ago
  It really isn't mental gymnastic. Copilot, the model, is a program that is a derivative work of open source code. It should be open source.
  - efdee 4y ago
    That is another discussion. He is not claiming that it should be open source - he is claiming it is created to destroy open source.
    - carom 4y ago
      He is me. Allowing large companies to ignore licenses and giving them a tool to launder licensed code at scale is a significant threat to the integrity of open source licenses.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - sngz 4y ago
      I didn't claim such a thing, my claim is Microsoft's purchase of Github is not good for open source.
- sngz 4y ago
  there it is