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On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 04:33:43PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> Hey all, |
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> I just found out while I was on vacation about Github's copilot feature. |
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> Basically, it appears to be a machine learning feature that trains |
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> itself on all publically available code on github and provides |
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> code suggestions to any public or private repository. |
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> https://github.com/features/copilot |
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> There appears to be a lot of controversy around it in foss groups, so I |
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> thought it might be worth bringing up here. I added the council and |
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> trustees because I thought it might be worth bringing to their attention |
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> as well. In particular, I see concerns about gpl projects being on github |
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> if they can't opt out of this. |
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It looks like the SFC is urging foss developers to ditch github over |
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this. |
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https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/01/open-source-developers-urged-to-ditch-github-following-copilot-launch/ |
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William |
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