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I don't think GitHub even set a precedent for this. My understanding is that they don't train on private repositories per se, though if you access a private repository through copilot, the data flow through copilot can be trained on, which pulls in data from the repo.

So a private repo should be safe, as long as you don't use copilot. While Atlassian wants to pull in data from private issue trackers/wikis.

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Listen to yourself. Take a moment and try to unpack the mental gymnastics wrangling you just did. Ask yourself, why does the fact that you have a Copilot subscription make it okay to train on all your private repos?

GitHub does not have any of its own models. It routes to partners like OpenAI. Just because some data is from private repos, doesn’t mean all data is flowing nor does it mean it should be trained on just because it’s being inferences on, and there is a difference on the data that was used vs. all the data from that repo, and difference between just that repo vs. all private repos. And they made it all opted in as default. Draconian.

So yes, they did set a precedent and you’re here arguing why it’s okay.

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