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Most of the comments I've seen on HN have been personal opinions or legal questions rather than legal opinions. Copilot may be 100% legal - that doesn't make it
by astorsnk 4y ago
Most of the comments I've seen on HN have been personal opinions or legal questions rather than legal opinions. Copilot may be 100% legal - that doesn't make it 100% ethical (depending on your personal ethics).
- ipaddr 4y agoEating bananas may not be ethical. That is very subjective.
- amelius 4y agoOf course it is subjective. There are at least two parties involved. One party wants this. The other party wants that.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoThe existence of every law begins with something subjective. Just because something isn't illegal doesn't mean it shouldn't be. Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it should be.
- UncleMeat 4y agoA huge portion of the comments are specifically about licenses and Copilot as license laundering to access GPLed code.
- janalsncm 4y agoI see this kind of fallacy all of the time. People LOVE to smuggle in what (they think) the law says on a moral question, ignoring the fact that 1) legal and moral aren’t the same thing 2) laws change over time 3) laws differ from place to place and 4) when talking about what the law should be, what the law currently says is entirely irrelevant. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_the_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_the_law