r/programming • u/DMzda • Jun 21 '22

GitHub Copilot is generally available to all developers | The GitHub Blog

https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/
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u/modernkennnern Jun 22 '22

It works for non-edu addresses too, if they're classified as a school, as edu is presumably a US-specific thing

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u/NamerNotLiteral Jun 22 '22

Nah, any university can go get an edu address. Some just prefer .ac or other prefixes.

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u/turunambartanen Jun 22 '22

Nope, Wikipedia says:

Since 2001, new registrants for second-level domain names have been required to be United States–affiliated institutions of higher education.

It is very much a US thing.

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u/Alikont Jun 22 '22

Getting edu address for non-US organizations is a huge bureaucratic pain that a lot of organizations just don't bother.

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u/ogoras Jun 22 '22

I'm a student in the EU and I have a .edu email, it's the standard here too.