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This can be solved with automated tools that review your code for copyright violations. But to be honest, this is a non-issue. Copilot (and co) rarely outputs
by olalonde 3y ago
This can be solved with automated tools that review your code for copyright violations.
But to be honest, this is a non-issue. Copilot (and co) rarely outputs copyrighted code verbatim and when it does, it's usually too small or too trivial to fall under copyright protection. I made a prediction last year that no one will get sued from using Copilot generated code and I believe it has held so far[0].
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31849027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31849027