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sommerfeld | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well I fundamentally disagree with you.

Information that is put out in the open can not be expected to have any restrictions, specially those imposed by human laws.

Lack of attribution  is a social problem, paid with reputational loss if clear.

Copyright and intellectual property are just ridiculous concepts the men with guns incentivize us to use for our petty battles. All that exists are trade secrets. Either something is a secret, or it is public knowledge. There is no in-between.

It would be a different case if copilot was feeding from code that users meant to keep secret.
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sommerfeld | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Law != ethics
If you base your entire moral compass on what the law currently is, that tells me what I need to know.
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sommerfeld | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You are free to try but you won't likely succeed since their code is not public.

Code is either public or a secret, that was my point. There is no hypocrisy. It is up to each individual to decide if they keep a secret or not. Expecting restricted usage for something publicly available online with 0 cost to reproduce is delusional.