I don't understand why GitHub decided to run the project this way. This is a great idea but they messed the whole thing up. They could have make it opt-in from

I don't understand why GitHub decided to run the project this way. This is a great idea but they messed the whole thing up. They could have make it opt-in from the very beginning and ask people to waive their rights, and I'm sure lots of people and lots of big projects would still be interested in joining the initiative. They could reward participants with, say, 3 year of Copilot access after it is officially launched, and people would love that. But instead they just take code without asking or attribution and keep pushing it, and now we are in this situation.