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0 pointsJoshTriplett3y ago0 comments

> I would prefer to see full license attributions included in generated responses, though. Something that then also wouldn't be that difficult to generate a licenses file from?

Exactly. By all means build tools like this, but build them to actually comply with Open Source licenses. Provide a list of the licenses you don't mind copying from, and get back attributions with your suggestions.

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danuker3y ago

Suppose Copilot offered some pure-MIT licensed flavor.

Copilot could comply with MIT licenses by just outputting an MIT license with ALL the authors of code used in training.

JoshTriplettOP3y ago

That'd be a valid solution, if impractical. I doubt that people would be willing to copy hundreds of thousands of license notices into their project.

danuker3y ago

One perspective is that those authors actually contributed to the end result.

But sure, disk size could be a problem.

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0 pointsJoshTriplett3y ago0 comments

> I would prefer to see full license attributions included in generated responses, though. Something that then also wouldn't be that difficult to generate a licenses file from?

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danuker3y ago

Suppose Copilot offered some pure-MIT licensed flavor.

Copilot could comply with MIT licenses by just outputting an MIT license with ALL the authors of code used in training.

JoshTriplettOP3y ago

That'd be a valid solution, if impractical. I doubt that people would be willing to copy hundreds of thousands of license notices into their project.

danuker3y ago

One perspective is that those authors actually contributed to the end result.

But sure, disk size could be a problem.

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