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 17DF0158011 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:35:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2AEBBE0636; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (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 0BAC0E0636 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: github's copilot feature From: James Le Cuirot To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:35:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-NnyHMqjZI8SPVowYvR5/" User-Agent: Evolution 3.44.1 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 X-Archives-Salt: de4b5bae-5cd0-4068-bd9f-3378184ab3b0 X-Archives-Hash: 9753cf680425359c33c2c2aa6f191e65 --=-NnyHMqjZI8SPVowYvR5/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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, > >=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 attentio= n > > as well. In particular, I see concerns about gpl projects being on git= hub > > if they can't opt out of this. >=20 > It looks like the SFC is urging foss developers to ditch github over > this. >=20 > https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/01/open-source-developers-urged-to-ditch-g= ithub-following-copilot-launch/ >=20 > 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 --=-NnyHMqjZI8SPVowYvR5/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJFBAABCAAvFiEEPxcZ3tkwcedKm2a8EiZBXQDdMTcFAmLQmiURHGNoZXdpQGdl bnRvby5vcmcACgkQEiZBXQDdMTe77BAAnX0K+gWZwC8bpWRc/kvW3cCBtf2xvgrm DbHrNOPJmcN/z4n0NVsyX91fu/riYGimwqkhXQW6tvbDtuti33SeIioYO0FiHIoe X/IK2xieLij2YzZP/1dZpygtKK3p/0tJdmbpAGlaywDqfq+GB4kDmgdwitDyspKS ZV2OnH+coo55uT+uNumPjFsU6SilPrHw544AvrBJmvr/jmNdRs9o0gkgrWJwpsVe NVvzLOLlow8Q8qAGMh2cQm+kH+mgag146qBpeM9T2ZumoiwozPx6TC7oct26wkFk wfwPEUSirnegJoGvJ48bC0F3mBvo3bQq9Z4S4iPNpWADPkBBLQzg8NaC7NuXQTC/ YFnnS6BlwuhEwZASrYLnlEJYoh2DFMmP1MRxXoD5dOIj0HqEFzJJUd9EOshSEaHs lXA4s764uZG9h6nshWgv9APrXdUggawvn58Zx3Hh240ZOxd5beZxhJhkwGgt9B/Q deoJge68BUyt4SGVJSoZOyPoSAykqhjphLajQOc4Vvu19ADCAkTVVI73xeDH6ijC 2ukPOkNTrpAvTTCqvvc69jlPt9w1cZ8nkRxqQ46X4N8+dDnKoMCzeK0slOtq4LCc Bk6G63nQsbx+pGFjopfL85UlwNCgCoSYWWs5UyZEAaOLKDrIavx6Y+Rev9Oba74x qmRHpFBFj3k= =IotZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-NnyHMqjZI8SPVowYvR5/--