DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering [LWN.net]

DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

Posted Jun 23, 2022 20:28 UTC (Thu) by mrugiero (guest, #153040)
In reply to: DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering by mpldr
Parent article: DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

And in the case of the FSF their role is to actively try to be partial in favor of free software. On intent, not by accident. If they can get a win for FLOSS then they accomplished their stated mission.
Impartiality is for the judge, not for the litigants.

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DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

Posted Jun 23, 2022 20:58 UTC (Thu) by mpldr (guest, #154861) [Link] (1 responses)

> [the FSF's] role is to actively try to be partial in favor of free software

There's nothing wrong with that – quite the opposite – but it's not helpful if what you want is a legal review. You may get some interesting points from them, sure; but it's not exactly helpful when trying to find out what is actually law (let alone that this is a court's job)

DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

Posted Jun 24, 2022 2:33 UTC (Fri) by scientes (guest, #83068) [Link]

In the common law system the courts' job is to write law.

/Almost not sarcastic