Hi All, Yesterday, the FSF published the white papers on GitHub's so-called "Copilot". I encourage you to read the announcement and the papers, if you are interested.
https://www.fsf.org/news/publication-of-the-fsf-funded-white-papers-on-questions-around-copilot Also, Craig Topham, the Copyright & Licensing Associate, really wants the community to discuss the implications that papers such as these lay bare, and he suggested libreplanet-discuss as one of those places. I hope we can discuss the papers here in the coming weeks and months, and come up with an action plan. I read the papers. Before reading the papers, I did not know what Copilot was -- or even if such a thing existed -- but, after reading the papers, I am persuaded that projects such as these pose a real threat to free software, and copyleft in particular. Also, if you come up with a good alternative name for "Copilot", please share. Mine would be "Fauxpilot". Enjoy, and please share the word! Best, Devin -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation Join the FSF and help us defend software freedom: https://my.fsf.org/ US government employee? Use CFC charity code 63210 to support us through the Combined Federal Campaign. https://cfcgiving.opm.gov/ GPG Key: 2E0E CE75 F816 2B40 7D66 6767 8797 38E6 D644 0D57 What's GPG? See https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info. _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
