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product | https://github.com/features/copilot |
| according to GitHub's own statements | https://github.blog/2021-06-30-github-copilot-research-recitation/ |
| copyleft | https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#copyleft |
| FOSS licenses | https://opensource.org/licenses |
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| ethical
implications of GitHub's choice to use copylefted code | https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/feb/03/github-copilot-copyleft-gpl/ |
| now
generating issues and pull requests and GitHub users cannot opt
out | https://mastodon.social/@glyph/114995950245874315 |
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incorporated GitHub to be a mere division of its “CoreAI”
division | https://www.geekwire.com/2025/github-will-join-microsofts-coreai-group-with-departure-of-ceo-thomas-dohmke/ |
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a for-profit software services contract with the USA Immigration and Customs
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| dismissive and disingenuous | https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract |
| SourceForge before
them | https://lwn.net/Articles/17822/ |
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