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0 pointsbilqis2y ago0 comments

But will that actually be against ToS or copyright? Many people tend to say that copilot learning from OSS doesn’t infringe any copyright and is no different from a person just learning from someone else’s work. So how is it different if copilot is learning from private repositories? Or eg from leaked source code?

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circuit102y ago

Isn’t it illegal to learn from leaked source code? Or even to view it at all?

alwaysbeconsing2y ago

It is not, at least in the US. Distribution is illegal; possession may or may not be prosecuted; and if you read the code and provably reuse it or make use of trade secrets you could lose a lawsuit. But if you "somehow" have access and don't do anything associated with the code, the basic act of reading it carries no penalties.

Timwi2y ago

I fully expect the answer to this vary wildly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

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