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		ahartmetz on Oct 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nomnoml I dunno, is it even still ...allowed... to have Free / Open Source software that does not live on GitHub? Because that exists. Though admittedly it's usually mirrored on GitHub.

hoosieree on Oct 2, 2023 [–]

If you're not freely donating your time and energy to improving the proprietary dataset that powers Copilot, can you even call yourself Open Source?

carapace on Oct 2, 2023 | [–]

It's truly astonishing and disheartening how completely MS has routed the Free and Open Source movement. (Even before you get to Copilot.)

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