From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 76ADD158011 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82B68E0EDF; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:43:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C815E0EDF for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:43:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (nullmailer pid 16630 invoked by uid 1000); Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:43:08 -0000 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:43:08 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: github's copilot feature Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6p9u+mMaklwyxVUp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Archives-Salt: 35d92c9b-d0a1-4c6e-a400-a79f1b5f7693 X-Archives-Hash: 9c6fd9f90935fb98cf5ae22564609a72 --6p9u+mMaklwyxVUp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 04:33:43PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > Hey all, >=20 > I just found out while I was on vacation about Github's copilot feature. >=20 > 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. >=20 > https://github.com/features/copilot >=20 > 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-git= hub-following-copilot-launch/ William --6p9u+mMaklwyxVUp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQTVeuxEZo4uUHOkQAluVBb0MMRlOAUCYtCN7AAKCRBuVBb0MMRl ONztAKC43LSng0V7A4tAr9fSWTei81qJWACdGiBOlFxE9Q+q81Bs8GJJRQi+3WA= =/YkU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6p9u+mMaklwyxVUp--