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		m00x on Nov 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We've filed a lawsuit against GitHub Copilot So if a developer reads GPL code, learns, then writes new code later on, it infringes on that license?

buzzy_hacker on Nov 5, 2022 [–]

A developer is a person. Copilot is software based on the GPL code. Just because you use the word “learn” does not make what a human does and software does the same thing.

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