Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: github's copilot feature

[James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org>]

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On Thu, 2022-07-14 at 16:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> 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

Although I don't work for GitHub specifically, it would still not be
appropriate for me to wade far into this debate. In the interest of keeping
things balanced though, I'll start and finish by referencing this
counter-opinion.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/11/robots_open_source/

Chewi

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