* The beast is live - Github Copilot
@ 2022-06-22 2:38 Marc Sunet
2022-06-24 0:10 ` Yuchen Pei
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From: Marc Sunet @ 2022-06-22 2:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: libreplanet-discuss
https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/
Thank you all you have unwillingly contributed to this project. The wait
is finally over; today we announce that Github Copilot is now available
to all developers for $10/mo or $100/mo. You will receive $0 for your
contributions.
Truly yours,
Microsoft
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-22 2:38 Marc Sunet
@ 2022-06-24 0:10 ` Yuchen Pei
2022-06-25 20:47 ` Marc Sunet
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From: Yuchen Pei @ 2022-06-24 0:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marc Sunet; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss
On Tue 2022-06-21 19:38:04 -0700, Marc Sunet wrote:
> https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/
Is copilot something only github can offer? If the vast majority of
training data is from public repo that anyone can access, perhaps the
only thing stopping people from making something similar is the
computing power to convert the data to weights?
>
> Thank you all you have unwillingly contributed to this project. The
> wait is finally over; today we announce that Github Copilot is now
> available to all developers for $10/mo or $100/mo. You will receive $0
> for your contributions.
>
> Truly yours,
> Microsoft
Best,
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
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@ 2022-06-24 21:13 ` Shironeko
2022-07-02 14:48 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
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From: Shironeko @ 2022-06-24 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> Is copilot something only github can offer? If the vast majority of
> training data is from public repo that anyone can access, perhaps the
> only thing stopping people from making something similar is the
> computing power to convert the data to weights?
and a bilion dollar lawyer team.
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-24 0:10 ` Yuchen Pei
@ 2022-06-25 20:47 ` Marc Sunet
2022-06-26 1:18 ` Yuchen Pei
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From: Marc Sunet @ 2022-06-25 20:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yuchen Pei; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss
> Is copilot something only github can offer? If the vast majority of
> training data is from public repo that anyone can access, perhaps the
> only thing stopping people from making something similar is the
> computing power to convert the data to weights?
Well, I guess that and your will to comply with law, right?
People's code on Github is copyrighted/copylefted, you can't just use
the code however you please. And I am not too familiar with the Github
TOS, but I doubt they can override a license. The TOS could also make
scraping illegal, making it illegal for you to obtain the data en mass,
but not for Microsoft. Facebook and Instagram do this.
There is also the argument of whether GPL code output by a network
should be considered a derivative work. After all, the network is
basically just a different representation of its training inputs. I
believe the FSF started working on this issue the moment Github Copilot
was announced; I thought Copilot finally going live was of interest to
the audience here.
Legal issues aside, I'd argue it's also kind of shitty to take other
people's work and re-sell it under a $10/$100 subscription, with the
abuse of confidence and trust that that comes with. Microsoft bought the
platform when it was already popular, then subverted it for its own
profit-making. Similar to Google/Youtube.
Marc
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-25 20:47 ` Marc Sunet
@ 2022-06-26 1:18 ` Yuchen Pei
2022-06-27 0:25 ` Marc Sunet
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From: Yuchen Pei @ 2022-06-26 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marc Sunet; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss
On Sat 2022-06-25 13:47:24 -0700, Marc Sunet wrote:
>> Is copilot something only github can offer? If the vast majority of
>> training data is from public repo that anyone can access, perhaps the
>> only thing stopping people from making something similar is the
>> computing power to convert the data to weights?
>
> Well, I guess that and your will to comply with law, right?
I'm just speculating whether it is feasible for free software orgs like
framasoft or software heritage to develop free software version of
copilot, that trains on data that is code under GPL-compatible licenses
and license the "free copilot" under (A)GPL.
>
> People's code on Github is copyrighted/copylefted, you can't just use
> the code however you please. And I am not too familiar with the Github
> TOS, but I doubt they can override a license. The TOS could also make
> scraping illegal, making it illegal for you to obtain the data en
> mass, but not for Microsoft. Facebook and Instagram do this.
>
> There is also the argument of whether GPL code output by a network
> should be considered a derivative work. After all, the network is
> basically just a different representation of its training inputs. I
> believe the FSF started working on this issue the moment Github
> Copilot was announced; I thought Copilot finally going live was of
> interest to the audience here.
>
> Legal issues aside, I'd argue it's also kind of shitty to take other
> people's work and re-sell it under a $10/$100 subscription, with the
> abuse of confidence and trust that that comes with. Microsoft bought
> the platform when it was already popular, then subverted it for its
> own profit-making. Similar to Google/Youtube.
I feel that one difference between the values of free software and open
source is that the free software does not have a problem with taking
people's work and re-selling it, as long as the work being resold is
free. Whereas open source focus more on what authors get out of "open
source".
>
> Marc
>
Best,
Yuchen
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-26 1:18 ` Yuchen Pei
@ 2022-06-27 0:25 ` Marc Sunet
2022-06-27 22:50 ` Yuchen Pei
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From: Marc Sunet @ 2022-06-27 0:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yuchen Pei; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss
> I feel that one difference between the values of free software and open
> source is that the free software does not have a problem with taking
> people's work and re-selling it, as long as the work being resold is
> free. Whereas open source focus more on what authors get out of "open
> source".
And in this case it is SaaSS. Not only is it trained on the existing
code in the repositories, it also seems to siphon code off your editor
as you type:
https://github.com/features/copilot/#faq-privacy
> GitHub Copilot relies on file content and additional data to work. It
collects data both to provide the service and saves some of the data to
perform further analysis and enable improvements.
> Depending on your preferred telemetry settings, GitHub Copilot may
also collect and retain the following, collectively referred to as “code
snippets”: source code that you are editing, related files and other
files open in the same IDE or editor, URLs of repositories and files paths.
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-27 0:25 ` Marc Sunet
@ 2022-06-27 22:50 ` Yuchen Pei
2022-06-29 9:51 ` Luna Jernberg
2022-06-29 16:35 ` J Leslie Turriff
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From: Yuchen Pei @ 2022-06-27 22:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marc Sunet; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss
On Sun 2022-06-26 17:25:24 -0700, Marc Sunet wrote:
>> I feel that one difference between the values of free software and open
>> source is that the free software does not have a problem with taking
>> people's work and re-selling it, as long as the work being resold is
>> free. Whereas open source focus more on what authors get out of "open
>> source".
>
> And in this case it is SaaSS. Not only is it trained on the existing
> code in the repositories, it also seems to siphon code off your editor
> as you type:
>
> https://github.com/features/copilot/#faq-privacy
Of course there are ways to make it not SaaSS or privacy invading, if
one is going to work on a free software version of copilot - all they
need to do is not replicate the antifeatures.
>
>> GitHub Copilot relies on file content and additional data to
> work. It collects data both to provide the service and saves some of
> the data to perform further analysis and enable improvements.
>
>> Depending on your preferred telemetry settings, GitHub Copilot may
> also collect and retain the following, collectively referred to as
> “code snippets”: source code that you are editing, related files and
> other files open in the same IDE or editor, URLs of repositories and
> files paths.
>
Best,
Yuchen
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-27 22:50 ` Yuchen Pei
@ 2022-06-29 9:51 ` Luna Jernberg
2022-06-29 16:35 ` J Leslie Turriff
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From: Luna Jernberg @ 2022-06-29 9:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yuchen Pei; +Cc: Marc Sunet, libreplanet-discuss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1IVJ54bHO8&
On 6/28/22, Yuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me> wrote:
> On Sun 2022-06-26 17:25:24 -0700, Marc Sunet wrote:
>
>>> I feel that one difference between the values of free software and open
>>> source is that the free software does not have a problem with taking
>>> people's work and re-selling it, as long as the work being resold is
>>> free. Whereas open source focus more on what authors get out of "open
>>> source".
>>
>> And in this case it is SaaSS. Not only is it trained on the existing
>> code in the repositories, it also seems to siphon code off your editor
>> as you type:
>>
>> https://github.com/features/copilot/#faq-privacy
>
> Of course there are ways to make it not SaaSS or privacy invading, if
> one is going to work on a free software version of copilot - all they
> need to do is not replicate the antifeatures.
>
>>
>>> GitHub Copilot relies on file content and additional data to
>> work. It collects data both to provide the service and saves some of
>> the data to perform further analysis and enable improvements.
>>
>>> Depending on your preferred telemetry settings, GitHub Copilot may
>> also collect and retain the following, collectively referred to as
>> “code snippets”: source code that you are editing, related files and
>> other files open in the same IDE or editor, URLs of repositories and
>> files paths.
>>
>
>
> Best,
> Yuchen
>
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-27 22:50 ` Yuchen Pei
2022-06-29 9:51 ` Luna Jernberg
@ 2022-06-29 16:35 ` J Leslie Turriff
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From: J Leslie Turriff @ 2022-06-29 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: libreplanet-discuss
On 2022-06-27 17:50:46 Yuchen Pei wrote:
> On Sun 2022-06-26 17:25:24 -0700, Marc Sunet wrote:
> >> I feel that one difference between the values of free software and open
> >> source is that the free software does not have a problem with taking
> >> people's work and re-selling it, as long as the work being resold is
> >> free. Whereas open source focus more on what authors get out of "open
> >> source".
> >
> > And in this case it is SaaSS. Not only is it trained on the existing
> > code in the repositories, it also seems to siphon code off your editor
> > as you type:
> >
> > https://github.com/features/copilot/#faq-privacy
>
> Of course there are ways to make it not SaaSS or privacy invading, if
> one is going to work on a free software version of copilot - all they
> need to do is not replicate the antifeatures.
>
> >> GitHub Copilot relies on file content and additional data to
> >
> > work. It collects data both to provide the service and saves some of
> > the data to perform further analysis and enable improvements.
> >
> >> Depending on your preferred telemetry settings, GitHub Copilot may
> >
> > also collect and retain the following, collectively referred to as
> > “code snippets”: source code that you are editing, related files and
> > other files open in the same IDE or editor, URLs of repositories and
> > files paths.
>
> Best,
> Yuchen
My take on this is that software authors who value control of their code are well advised
to move it to another repository.
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* Re: The beast is live - Github Copilot
2022-06-24 21:13 ` The beast is live - Github Copilot Shironeko
@ 2022-07-02 14:48 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
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From: Jorge P. de Morais Neto @ 2022-07-02 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: libreplanet-discuss
Hi. I reply below:
Em [2022-06-24 sex 17:13:47-0400], Shironeko escreveu:
>> Is copilot something only github can offer? If the vast majority of
>> training data is from public repo that anyone can access, perhaps the
>> only thing stopping people from making something similar is the
>> computing power to convert the data to weights?
>
> and a bilion dollar lawyer team.
I suppose there are ways to avoid the need for an expensive lawyer team.
One measure would be actually licensing the model's output under a
license compatible with that of the training data.
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