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>>orph+(OP)
Still no way to opt your code out of this.

Disgusting.

>>snvzz+1o
Don't open source your code then.

>>sergio+Vp
Open Source has licenses that must be followed. Copilot strips those off and ignores them.

>>kadoba+Nw
What if I - a human - read your code, learn from it, and then use that knowledge to write my own code? Am I stripping your license off and ignoring it?

Clearly it's not as simple as you imagine.

>>IshKeb+wF
It depends how much you "learn from it" and then write your own code vs how much you copy/paste.

Copilot is pretty commonly just copy/pasting. You can get it to spit out exact copied code, including comments.

p.s. "it's not as simple as you imagine" is pretty dickish. Why include that?

>>kadoba+PK
> It depends how much you "learn from it" and then write your own code vs how much you copy/paste.

I think this is the crux. It doesn't matter that they used GPL code for training. It only matters if someone uses CoPilot to make a close copy of that code.

Fortunately Copilot is actually not commonly just copy/pasting. They did a study on that if you search for it (admittedly not an independent study but it's the only one we have).

> Why include that?

Because so many people are making the assumption that the law agrees with their overly simple interpretation before it's even been decided. It's a bit tedious.