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Do you find meaningful distinction between an individual reading your code and copying patterns vs an AI model doing the same?

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No, provided that both give proper attribution and follow the license the code is released under.

That's a hilarious expectation. How often do you give attribution to inventors of patterns you use in your software?

>> How often do you give attribution to inventors of patterns you use in your software?

If GitHub Copilot was only "copying patterns" then it would be a lot harder to call it copyright violation and misappropriation of existing code.

And yet that is exactly what GitHub Copilot has been accused of doing: recreating copyrighted works without attribution and in violation of the licenses that the code was released under:

https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/pdf/1-0-github_complaint...

https://twitter.com/DocSparse/status/1581461734665367554

>> That's a hilarious expectation.

Only if you think lawsuits are funny. Cease and desist orders and damages show that they are no laughing matter.

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