> I get the feeling this entire debate would have been non-existent had this been a Jetbrains product instead.
why so?
> The whole thing is just bizarre when the vast majority of developers constantly look at OSS code daily and lift ideas/patterns/snippets from there regularly without once looking at whatever license is attached.
well, yes, copying an idea or pattern is generally.. accepted, to be kosher. copy-pasting too, in small amounts (a function, a type). that said, i would (and have) attribute even a notional similarity when writing something open source.
i don’t think co-pilot even allows the user to find where the code came from.
why so?
> The whole thing is just bizarre when the vast majority of developers constantly look at OSS code daily and lift ideas/patterns/snippets from there regularly without once looking at whatever license is attached.
well, yes, copying an idea or pattern is generally.. accepted, to be kosher. copy-pasting too, in small amounts (a function, a type). that said, i would (and have) attribute even a notional similarity when writing something open source.
i don’t think co-pilot even allows the user to find where the code came from.