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		happymellon on Oct 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits ... That doesn't help when someone else mirrors your code to GitHub.

nightski on Oct 17, 2022 [–]

But that's not guaranteed to happen and it still is a step forward.

happymellon on Oct 18, 2022 | [–]

Indeed, not using GitHub is a step in the right direction.

What I am referring to is GitHub claiming that you are using their resources so they can break your license, when in fact you are not using their resources so they never made that agreement with you.

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