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GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit

GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit

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The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit community of open-source advocates, today announced its withdrawal from GitHub in a scathing blog post urging members and supporters to rebuke the platform once-and-for-all. Up front: The SFC’s problem with GitHub stems from accusations that Microsoft and OpenAI trained an AI system called Copilot on data that was published under an open-source license. Open-source code isn’t like a donations box where you can just take whatever you want and use it in any way you choose. It’s more like photography. Just because a photographer doesn’t charge you to use one of their images,…

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