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While doesn't violate free licences (see ⬆️), there are plenty of reasons to anyway. Here are a few:

1. Since we're developers, our tools should be too.
2. Monopolies are never a good idea.
3. By using a walled garden, we're excluding potential contributors.
4. By using products, we're supporting a producer of malware and an collaborator.

Instead, we should switch to platforms running @gitea, such as @codeberg@mastodon.technology. Also, @dachary@mastodon.online and others are already working hard on federation in the @forgefriends project.

Read more on the blog: forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/

forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.pageWhy GitHub Copilot doesn’t violate free software licencesGitHub’s new code completion is an AI trained using free software. Many see this as a copyright infringement of copyleft licences, but this is dangerous half-knowledge. Read here why this is the case and why stricter copyright law won’t get us anywhere.