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by Klathmon 1450 days ago
>at least attempt to attribute if there is a direct copy (which by their own admission happens about 0.1% of the time).

IIRC they just block that suggestion if they detect it's a copy now
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dotnet00 1450 days ago
More specifically it's an option, the VSCode Copilot extension asks you to configure it and takes you to a GitHub page where you can choose what happens if a suggestion is a direct copy.
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pas 1449 days ago
what constitutes a direct copy? do they upload the generated code and use it as input for a full text search?
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