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Deprecating the VS Code IntelliCode Extensions
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9 sourcesIntelliCode Extensions for VS Code Are Being Deprecated
2 points ¡ Open discussionMicrosoft Deprecates IntelliCode in VS Code, Recommends Switch to GitHub Copilot
3 points ¡ Open discussionIntelliCode Extensions for VS Code Are Being Deprecated
3 points ¡ Open discussionAsk HN: Is GitHub Copilot / IntelliCode Legal?
Two years ago, an issue was opened in Microsoft's IntelliCode GitHub repository[0] titled "Licensing issues". It receives a response from a Microsoft employee. Eventually, the argument is made that this is a derivative work, as it is derived from thousands (?) of open-source projects. From what I understand, this seems to be true.
However, here's the fun part: Microsoft is training its AI dataset on these open-source projects. Would the terms of the license still apply here?
Further, would you say the law hasn't caught up with this use of open-source projects yet?
I am also curious about the legality of GitHub Copilot, since they seem to do largely the same thing from an AI standpoint.
[0]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/201
EDIT: IntelliCode, not IntelliSense!
5 points ¡ Open discussionMicrosoft IntelliCode Licensing Issues (2020)
1 points ¡ Open discussion> And yet most people keep trusting them with their code on Github.
Honestly, from what I've seen many people don't see the issue with this. "The code is public anyway, so what difference does it make?"
I'm starting to see the downsides of that viewpoint now, though[0]. If GitHub, and by extension Microsoft, technically 'own' the code (licensing, etc.) then they have free reign over it, leading to things like Copilot and Intellicode.
[0]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/201
In Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefoxâs Default Browser WorkaroundPeople only seem to have heard about GitHub Copilot. But Microsoft has a similar solution (that is not as... invasive) that was first released in preview in 2018. It's called IntelliCode, available for multiple languages both for Visual Studio Code[1] and regular Visual Studio[2] (but not enabled by default last time I checked -- which was a while ago, granted).
JetBrains has their own experimental thing that is not enabled per default.
And there's also Codota and Tabnine.
Copilot is actually fairly late to the party here.
[1]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualSt...
[2]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/blob/master/doc...
In What will programming look like in 2020? (2012)Microsoft's "acceptance of open-source" only stretches as far as it helps them survive, in an economy where "why would I buy your product when there's this open-source thing" is a question that gets asked more and more frequently. You know, the "embrace" and "extend" phases of "embrace, extend, extinguish".
This is really obvious from the parts that they choose not to open-source, such as https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/201
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