Drew DeVault • 7/4/2021

Is GitHub a derivative work of GPL'd software?

This article explores the legal question of whether GitHub Copilot, an AI code suggestion tool, could be considered a derivative work of the GPL-licensed software it was trained on. It discusses the viral nature of copyleft licenses and the potential consequence that GitHub itself might be forced to open-source its code under the AGPL if the model's outputs are derivative works.

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