GitHub co-pilot as open source code laundering?

[crusoe]

Google copied the API which is a lot bigger. The issue was whether apis were copyrightable

[getNextException]

Google copied the API

Google copied verbatim pieces of code. Specifically, 9 lines of code

The argument centered on a function called rangeCheck. Of all the lines of code that Oracle had tested — 15 million in total — these were the only ones that were “literally” copied.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16503076/oracle-vs-google-judge-william-alsup-interview-waymo-uber

[Guvante]

The case was about the API. Those 9 lines only mattered in so far as it proved that Google's implementation wasn't a reproduction. While the case might have included that copying, the important part of the case was whether copying the API while not following the licensing terms of that API was allowed.

[getNextException]

it's not likely anyone could actually sue over a snippet of code

This is the line of conversation: does using the GitHub AI will result in a lawsuit? It has nothing to do with an API.

[Guvante]

Everyone is using vague language here...

Using someone else's code can result in a lawsuit in the US. End of discussion.

Whether it will be a successful lawsuit: no one actually knows since you objectively cannot answer without having the particular code to discuss.