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Could you help me understand the link between the two?

• dspillett 4y ago
  It isn't so much a connection as an example of cognitive dissonance from the organisation. On the one hand stating plainly that mixing in copy-left code and similar can be disastrously dangerous because it is a rampant virus. On the other hand not understanding why people think it might be a problem that their tool could encourage mixing in copy-left code.
• jfghi 4y ago
  Linux is open source and Ballmer is displaying Microsoft’s negative attitude towards open source that is demonstrated in the author’s arguments regarding copilot.
• romwell 4y ago
  The point is not clear, but if I were to guess, it's that Github Copilot should come with a California Prop 65 warning, because it can give your code "cancer" (GPL-licensed snippets from sources like Linux codebas).
• rzwitserloot 4y ago
  Microsoft released a product which gives you cancer the moment you use it. According to the opinions about what inclusion of open source code into your projects does, as per the ex-CEO of the company. That seems a bit of a far fetched conclusion, but then, Ballmer did say it.