> If it was possible to point to where the code is actually stored in Copilot (i.e. run strings on the server and it spits out the copylefted code), I would be

> If it was possible to point to where the code is actually stored in Copilot (i.e. run strings on the server and it spits out the copylefted code), I would be a lot more sympathetic to the view that LLMs are stealing code. I think of it the other way around: I'd be more trusting that LLMs aren't a problem in that sense, if the big commercial entities linked to them used their own code to train them as well as public repositories. MS's codebase must contain much good training material, unless they think their own code is crap and are embarrassed to let the AI look at it! I am still undecided, but erring in the direction of not wanting my stuff to be used to train them, though I've long since passed Douglas Adam's "35 year's old" tech barrier so maybe I'm just not liking change… For now at least I won't be putting my own code in services like GitHub, then at least if someone else does or an LLM is trained on public sites generally, I've not explicitly agreed to anything that says the company can use my code that way - which you do (they say, I believe there is at least one court case brewing on the matter) when you sign up to the services (agreeing to their terms in the process) and use them that way.