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Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims (www.developer-tech.com)
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A judge has dismissed the majority of claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by developers against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI.

The lawsuit was initiated by a group of developers in 2022 and originally made 22 claims against the companies, alleging copyright violations related to the AI-powered GitHub Copilot coding assistant.

Judge Jon Tigar’s ruling, unsealed last week, leaves only two claims standing: one accusing the companies of an open-source license violation and another alleging breach of contract. This decision marks a substantial setback for the developers who argued that GitHub Copilot, which uses OpenAI’s technology and is owned by Microsoft, unlawfully trained on their work.

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Despite this significant ruling, the legal battle is not over. The remaining claims regarding breach of contract and open-source license violations are likely to continue through litigation.

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[-] Corbin@programming.dev 37 points 2 months ago

Sounds like it's time to start training code-writing models on leaked Microsoft source code. Don't worry, it's not like it'll "emit memorized code".

[-] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

The only trouble is that, at this point, Microsoft leaked code is so inferior nobody wants it anyway.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Ahh all those sweet source available windows OS code that can be used by universities for studying and wtv fed through a pipe like this. Would be fun seeing them defending it then.

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