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by rklaehn 1306 days ago
This is a very clear cut case of a copyright violation by github copilot:

https://twitter.com/docsparse/status/1581461734665367554?lan...

In this instance the weights of the AI system just contain an obfuscated copy of the original source code.

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As others have said before, it is fairly likely that the copyright violation probably happened before copilot learned from it, namely by people copying this code and publishing it under a different license.