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But will that actually be against ToS or copyright? Many people tend to say that copilot learning from OSS doesn’t infringe any copyright and is no different fr
by bilqis 3y ago
But will that actually be against ToS or copyright? Many people tend to say that copilot learning from OSS doesn’t infringe any copyright and is no different from a person just learning from someone else’s work. So how is it different if copilot is learning from private repositories? Or eg from leaked source code?
- circuit10 3y agoIsn’t it illegal to learn from leaked source code? Or even to view it at all?
- alwaysbeconsing 3y agoIt is not, at least in the US. Distribution is illegal; possession may or may not be prosecuted; and if you read the code and provably reuse it or make use of trade secrets you could lose a lawsuit. But if you "somehow" have access and don't do anything associated with the code, the basic act of reading it carries no penalties.
- Timwi 3y agoI fully expect the answer to this vary wildly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.