The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

We ask a lawyer about GitHub Copilot (Interview)

Sep 8, 2021

59:29

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How Much Is Copyright Really a Motivational Role?

05:13

Is This Fair Use or Not?

04:22

The Emotional Component of Copy Left Licenses

01:31

Introduction

2min

What's Up?

3min

Co Pilot

2min

I've Done My First Job Out of College, and I Don't Have an Invite

6min

The Emotional Component of Copy Left Licenses

2min

I've Used a I Completion Tool, and I'm Not 100% Sure About It.

5min

Retoil for Start Ups - A Free Program That Will Make It Easy for You to Build Your Own Product

2min

Is This Fair Use or Not?

4min

Is the Api a Fair Use?

2min

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5min

11.

Regression Testing Your Ae

3min

12.

Is There Some Copyright Infringement?

5min

13.

I Suspect Co Pilot Will Start Doing Things That Look Like They're Copying From Another Source, Right?

2min

14.

How Much Did You Take?

5min

15.

How Much Is Copyright Really a Motivational Role?

5min

16.

Robots Dot T X T in the Get Reposit

3min

17.

The Changed Log

3min

This week we’re bringing JS Party to The Changelog — Nick Nisi and Christopher Hiller had an awesome conversation with Luis Villa, co-founder and General Counsel at Tidelift. They discuss GitHub Copilot and the implications of an AI pair programmer and fair use from a legal perspective.

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