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		phendrenad2 on April 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot emits GPL code It's probably a good time to plug the Unlicense: https://unlicense.org/ A truly attribution-free license that checks several other important boxes (disclaiming liability and warranty etc.) If you want your code to be usable by things like github copilot, consider using it (can't imagine most of the HN crowd wants their code used by copilot, but maybe some lurkers here do!)

codexb on April 21, 2023 [–]

This is the real effect of AI.

Non-permissive open source licenses have been on a slow death march for over a decade. They're effectively pointless now.

Either you decide to give your code for free to everyone or you don't. Adding a bunch of restrictions defeats the purpose of OSS.

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