> Unlike most LLMs, Github copilot can trivially solve their copyright problem by just using only code they have the right to reproduce. Absolutely not trivial

> Unlike most LLMs, Github copilot can trivially solve their copyright problem by just using only code they have the right to reproduce. Absolutely not trivial, in fact completely impossible by computer alone. You can't determine if you have the right to reproduce a piece of code just by looking at the code and tags themselves. *Taps the color-of-your-bits sign.* * I can fork a GPL project on Github and replace the license file with MIT. Okay to reproduce? * If I license my project as MIT but it includes code I copied inappropriately and don't have the right to reproduce myself, can Github? (No) This one is why indemnity clauses exist on contracted works. * I create a git repo for work and select the MIT license but I don't actually own the copyright on that code and so that license is worthless.