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		iLoveOncall on Nov 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitH... > and used in seconds by competitors without any attribution. Ah yes, because before Copilot it was impossible for competitors to use the code of an open source project. This is nonsense.

xigoi on Nov 6, 2022 [–]

If the code was GPL-licensed, it was indeed impossible (legally) to use in proprietary software.

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