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		megous on June 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot 1) this is not human, it's some software 2) if I write a program that copies parts of other GPL licensed SW into my proprietary code, does that absolve me of GPL if the copying algorithm is complicated enough?

pjfin123 on June 29, 2021 [–]

Clearly this requires some level of judgement but this isn't new, determining what is plagiarism and not requires a similar judgement call.

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