commit: 7ccb5c79d4b17361003040403f579a2e00562a9e
parent efeeb71ccdc6fb433d20d9f4a7f23592a151476b
Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:52:42 +0200
Recommend compensating projects
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diff --git a/content/blog/Copilot-GPL-washing.md b/content/blog/Copilot-GPL-washing.md
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ specific suggestions:
users of their obligations with respect to those licenses.
3. Remove copyleft code from the model entirely, unless you want to make the
model and its support code free software as well.
+4. Consider compensating the copyright owners of free software projects
+ incorporated into the model with a margin from the Copilot usage fees, in
+ exchange for a license permitting this use.
Your current model probably needs to be thrown out. The GPL code incorporated
into it entitles anyone who uses it to receive a GPL'd copy of the model for
