DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

The deeper point about differing copyright laws is not so much interpretation of copyright licenses, but the distinction between "fair use" and "fair dealing".

Copilot claims its actions are fair use, and therefore the license is irrelevant. However in fair dealing jurisdictions Copilot's use of the program source must either meet the copyright license or one of the black-letter list of allowed uses in the fair dealing exceptions of that juridiction's copyright law.