On 2022-06-27 17:50:46 Yuchen Pei wrote: > On Sun 2022-06-26 17:25:24 -0700, Marc Sunet wrote: > >> I feel that one difference between the values of free software and open > >> source is that the free software does not have a problem with taking > >> people's work and re-selling it, as long as the work being resold is > >> free. Whereas open source focus more on what authors get out of "open > >> source". > > > > And in this case it is SaaSS. Not only is it trained on the existing > > code in the repositories, it also seems to siphon code off your editor > > as you type: > > > > https://github.com/features/copilot/#faq-privacy > > Of course there are ways to make it not SaaSS or privacy invading, if > one is going to work on a free software version of copilot - all they > need to do is not replicate the antifeatures. > > >> GitHub Copilot relies on file content and additional data to > > > > work. It collects data both to provide the service and saves some of > > the data to perform further analysis and enable improvements. > > > >> Depending on your preferred telemetry settings, GitHub Copilot may > > > > also collect and retain the following, collectively referred to as > > “code snippets”: source code that you are editing, related files and > > other files open in the same IDE or editor, URLs of repositories and > > files paths. > > Best, > Yuchen
My take on this is that software authors who value control of their code are well advised to move it to another repository. Leslie -- Operating System: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss