This might be a dumb question, but I can't seem to find the answer. What is the license of code generated by Copilot? Is it owned by GitHub, or the user? For example: Bison is GPL, but the parsers it generates aren't (and it specifically says so). Would be nice if Copilot was specific about ownership, but I can't find any info
@tenderlove »The code, functions, and other output returned to you by GitHub Copilot are called “Suggestions.” GitHub does not claim any rights in Suggestions, and you retain ownership of and responsibility for Your Code, including Suggestions you include in Your Code.«
@lumaxis excellent, thank you!
@lumaxis @tenderlove They can say that, just like a book can say that lending or re-sale are forbidden. Doesn’t make it legally valid. US Copyright office guidance: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-03-16/pdf/2023-05321.pdf
@josephholsten What is your point?
@lumaxis That considering the US Copyright Office published “Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence” on 2023-03-16, doc about the functioning of the legal code may not be in sync with the current implementation ;-)
@josephholsten I’m not a lawyer either but as I understand, it reiterates and clarifies practices and interpretations that have already existed in similar fashion, especially "only humans can produce copyrightable material”.
And I'm still not sure how that relates to the previous discussion. If anything, that doc would reinforce the statement in GitHub's documentation?
@lumaxis also, crap I had a typo. I also wish I had thought a better example of “people say things about copyright that aren’t exactly true” than this https://www.reddit.com/r/writers/comments/11wnhrj/when_you_publish_a_paperback_book_dont_do_this/