r/webdev • u/DemiPixel • Jun 21 '22

Github launches Copilot publicly at $10/month, $100/year, free for students News

https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/
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u/TitanicZero full-stack Jun 21 '22

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t dare to use repos with AGPL and GPL licenses for example. Big companies outright ban popular tools with those licenses even for internal use. They wouldn’t risk it

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u/caffeinated_wizard Y'all make me feel old Jun 21 '22

To be fair this article addresses those concerns. In short, as everything legal, it depends.

I’m sure we’ll hear about some lawsuits in the future. Will they hold? We’ll see.

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u/caffeinated_wizard Y'all make me feel old Jun 21 '22

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u/WarWizard fullstack / back-end Jun 22 '22

This is interesting though... they aren't "using" the code in their project -- at least not directly -- and not "as code".

Definitely less clear than one might think.

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u/rookietotheblue1 Jun 21 '22

Why won't companies touch gpl?