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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
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    • 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