It is mutatis mutandis the same but is that a problem? I'm sure many would say so, I'm not convinced.
Ultimately if his code is out there a Google search could bring up a snippet without the license visible and I might copy paste that. The crux is the same code might be presented without context.
Copilot is just a tool and the personal responsible for it's safe usage is the human behind it.
In my world view, if I copy a picture off Google image search ultimately I am morally the one who infringed copyright not Google.
> In my world view, if I copy a picture off Google image search ultimately I am morally the one who infringed copyright not Google.
I have an idea why, but... why exactly? What about a web scraper (that I made, similarly to that of Google) that downloads images? What if it is randomly downloading images and not intentionally a specific one?
It is mutatis mutandis the same but is that a problem? I'm sure many would say so, I'm not convinced.
Ultimately if his code is out there a Google search could bring up a snippet without the license visible and I might copy paste that. The crux is the same code might be presented without context.
Copilot is just a tool and the personal responsible for it's safe usage is the human behind it.
In my world view, if I copy a picture off Google image search ultimately I am morally the one who infringed copyright not Google.