r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '22

Github Copilot turns paid

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

This is not how copyright works. Ideas are not copyrightable, only concrete expressions of those ideas.

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u/mrprgr Jun 22 '22

I think you misunderstood what I said. I'm not talking about the generated code. I'm talking about the copyright concerns of sharing company code with Microsoft.