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New # post: An experiment to test GitHub Copilot’s legality.

A little thought experiment to see if we can determine Copilot’s legality. It’s ridiculous enough that it just might have some insightful message buried deep.

Excerpt:
I am not a lawyer. This post is satirical commentary on:
  • The absurdity of Microsoft and OpenAI’s legal justification for GitHub Copilot.
  • The oversimplifications people use to argue against GitHub Copilot (I don’t like it when people agree with me for the wrong reasons).
  • The relationship between capital and legal outcomes.
  • How civil cases seem like sporting events where people “win” or “lose”, rather than opportunities improve our understanding of law.
In the process, I intentionally misrepresent how the judicial system works: I portray the system the way people like to imagine it works. Please don’t make any important legal decisions based on anything I say.
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in reply to Seirdy

I have to say I understand the SFC getting upset given they largely exist to enforce the GPL...

Then again I recall them getting upset over Google bringing a DMCA 1201 case which (while I'm not a lawyer & they are) looked extremely legit to me. No matter how much we both hate that law.

That said I'm very much not a fan of the centralization on GitHub & question the "discoverability" excuse. So I very much welcome a World Give Up GitHub Day!