[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Can I charge GitHub for using my code in Cop...
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Ask HN: Can I charge GitHub for using my code in Copilot?
Since Copilot is regurgitating licensed code without attribution, I
pondering many options: 1. sue GitHub (they will probably win
since they can afford the best lawyers in the planet) 2. don't use
GitHub for future projects. Remove all my current repositories
(does this guarantee GitHub can't use my code without attribution?
My code is probably still in their Code Vault) 3. use GitHub but
use a license that explicitly denies usage of my code by Copilot
(GitHub probably would probably just say "you can't do that, please
just delete your account") 4. use GitHub but ask them to pay me
for using my code without attribution Option 1 is a waste of money
and time for me (I will never win). Option 2 is fine, but I'm not
sure what could stop GitHub scrapping public repos hosted in, let's
say, GitLab. Option 3 would be the ideal case for me. Option 4:
would be nice, but probably won't happen.
Author : ingvul
Score : 12 points
Date : 2021-07-03 21:59 UTC (1 hours ago)
| Something1234 wrote:
| I'm feeling like we need a new gpl. One that prohibits training
| machine learning models that regurgitate code directly.
| opan wrote:
| I worry that violates freedom 0, although maybe you could add
| something about the "use" applying to humans. But then what
| about bots and scripts running automatically?
| tyingq wrote:
| There could be an "Option 5" where you find a way to get Copilot
| to ingest large amounts of broken, dangerous, etc, code.
| etothepii wrote:
| I wonder how a cyber insurance policy would respond to this.
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| It would be introduced into your code by your own developers
| it's like some kind of meta-supplychain attack.
| dkersten wrote:
| Copilot Honeypot, create a ton of repositories with large
| amounts of auto-generated bad code.
| greyface- wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_license
| ingvul wrote:
| To make this clear: I am a nobody and my code sucks. Now, for a
| moment, imagine the same question is stated but by developers who
| are actually great contributors to the open source community but
| can't (or don't want to) openly ask these kind of questions
| regarding Copilot (this is actually why I'm posting this, one of
| these great contributors is a close friend of mine).
| wmf wrote:
| Plenty of people are openly discussing it on Twitter.
|
| Jaron Lanier's book Who Owns The Future? discussed this idea;
| maybe it's worth revisiting now.
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