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I see, it's clause 6 in the OSI definition: 6. No discrimination against fields of endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the prog
by bugfix-66 4y ago
I see, it's clause 6 in the OSI definition:
6. No discrimination against fields of endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
So it's one or the other. Basically, Copilot makes all open source software (according to the OSI definition) necessarily use-without-attribution. Your code is my code. Your work is instantly my work, and no credit will be given.
I think this is a special case, illustrating that these new language models require us to reformulate our conception of what "open source" and "fair use" entails.
The laws and definitions need to adapt to a changing world.
- josephcsible 4y ago> Basically, Copilot makes all open source software (according to the OSI definition) necessarily use-without-attribution. No, Copilot is violating the existing open source licenses by not providing the attribution that they require. If Microsoft doesn't care about that, then they won't care about violating your license either.