Why is Copilot so bad?

Posted Jul 4, 2022 13:15 UTC (Mon) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958)
In reply to: Why is Copilot so bad? by NYKevin
Parent article: Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

> Enjoy litigating the crap out of that...

If you were a company… would you buy copilot knowing that after that every single github user can hit you with an infringement lawsuit?

I'm sure there are patent trolls interested in acquiring the rights to some github projects and going to get claims around :)

If I was a CTO in charge of a company I'd just not buy into it because the potential cost in legal fees and complete bankrupcy seems to greatly outweigh the time we could save.

Why is Copilot so bad?

Posted Jul 5, 2022 8:19 UTC (Tue) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link] (2 responses)

Worse, C-levels now need to concern themselves with liability from their employees using Copilot themselves (after all, if an employee thinks they'll perform better at there job if they pay for it themselves...) and not disclosing the fact that they are committing unlicensed code to their employer's repos...

Why is Copilot so bad?

Posted Jul 5, 2022 8:49 UTC (Tue) by geert (subscriber, #98403) [Link] (1 responses)

People can commit unlicensed code to their employer's repos without Copilot, too.

Why is Copilot so bad?

Posted Jul 12, 2022 8:27 UTC (Tue) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

But Copilot makes it a lot easier to do it at industrial scale. Hence the risk is greater.