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		pmarreck on Nov 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot It can be modified to not do that (example: mutating the code to a "synonym" that is functionally but not visually identical). It can also be modified to be opt-in-only (only peoples' code that they permit to be learned on, can use the product)

falcolas on Nov 3, 2022 | [–]

Perhaps you are right, and it could be so modified.

Could be, but isn’t. And that matters.

ImPostingOnHN on Nov 5, 2022 | [–]

plagiarism with some words swapped is still plagiarism

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