On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 04:33:43PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I just found out while I was on vacation about Github's copilot feature.
> 
> Basically, it appears to be a machine learning feature that trains
> itself on all publically available code on github and provides
> code suggestions to any public or private repository.
> 
> https://github.com/features/copilot
> 
> There appears to be a lot of controversy around it in foss groups, so I
> thought it might be worth bringing up here. I added the council and
> trustees because I thought it might be worth bringing to their attention
> as well.  In particular, I see concerns about gpl projects being on github
> if they can't opt out of this.

It looks like the SFC is urging foss developers to ditch github over
this.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/01/open-source-developers-urged-to-ditch-github-following-copilot-launch/

William