@resist1984 @jlhertel @rysiek no, it's satire. it's commenting on Github's CoPilot program.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/7/22561180/github-copilot-legal-copyright-fair-use-public-code

@tomasino @resist1984 @jlhertel @rysiek so… did anyone find a snippet already that is big enough that it could be considered copyright infringement? i mean the boundaries of copyright are arbitrary bullshit, of course, but i assume there is some precedent with regard to code…?

and there is no way in hell the output of that Fairuseify thing would not be considered infringement…

@sofia @tomasino @resist1984 @jlhertel yes: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/oc9qj1/copilot_regurgitating_quake_code_including_sweary/

Also:

> According to its own study, however, "about 0.1 per cent of the time, the suggestion may contain some snippets that are verbatim from the training set."

https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/06/github_copilot_autocoder_caught_spilling/

@rysiek @tomasino @resist1984 @jlhertel interesting, thanks. yeah i'd be very suprised if that would go on like that.

i guess the best outcome would be a weakening of copyright, but i guess that's unlikely. but i guess that's unlikely so it's mostly popcorn drama i guess…