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		teekert on June 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot Is what a human generates GPLv2 because it learned from GPLv2 code?

IMTDb on June 29, 2021 [–]

What if a human copies GPLv2 code?

f38zf5vdt on June 29, 2021 | | [–]

https://gpl-violations.org/

teekert on June 29, 2021 | | [–]

When is it copying? What about all those stack overflow snippets I copied?!

JustFinishedBSG on June 29, 2021 | | [–]

Congrats, you've just discovered why many employers block or forbid stackoverflow.

teekert on June 30, 2021 | | [–]

OMG.

There is no such thing as "fair use" as we have in copyright law?

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