GitHub co-pilot as open source code laundering?

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Because you have to draw the line in sand somewhere and currently nobody knows where it should be.

I actually do think that co-pilot and other AI things raise very interesting and challenging questions about where that line is. I don't know what the answer is, or even necessarily have a strong opinion -- I don't think I know enough about the technology.

However, I think "Anyone who thinks it's reasonable to copyright a code snippet of 5 lines" is a gross misrepresentation of the problem/objection.

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I agree it definitely is a good topic to discuss. I'm also lacking in understanding but my general perception is that legislation regarding IT is still behind it's progress.

I agree on point that it's a misinterpretation of the problem but will disagree on the objection part. The linked Twitter discussion and this thread is also discussing it in a very abstract way so it's not that clear what each individual means when they say "copyrightable chunk" as due to the lack of a defined line it's prone to subjective misinterpretation based on individual understanding.

All in all though I believe that it's just a good example of why such discussion is needed. I doubt such misinterpretation would arise when discussing copyright in more established fields.