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FWIW, I would claim that the lawyer--who admits to not being a software developer and is thereby in some sense also speaking out of place (as is almost everyone
by saurik 4y ago
FWIW, I would claim that the lawyer--who admits to not being a software developer and is thereby in some sense also speaking out of place (as is almost everyone, which to me undermines your concern a bit ;P)--to me entirely misunderstands the reason why people try to use these licenses in the first place.
- satvikpendem 4y agoSure, however I would trust a lawyer's words on legal matters (which the article he references is making it out to be, not merely a technical software engineering matter) more than non-lawyers, just as I'd trust a doctor's words than a non-doctor's on medical matters.
- saurik 4y agoBut the issue at hand usually isn't "is Copilot legal under current law" but "should it be"; the article even admits this, touching on the legality but merely on its way to eventually tackle the question of whether it is "a problem", something that isn't (to me) much of a question of law, but instead either a question of ethics or, maybe (if one tries to be completely dispassionate on the matter), economics (which seems to be the approach used in the analysis by this lawyer).