DeVault: GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

Drew DeVault takesissue with GitHub's "Copilot" offering and the licensing issues that it raises:

GitHub's Copilot is trained on software governed by these terms,and it fails to uphold them, and enables customers to accidentallyfail to uphold these terms themselves. Some argue about the risksof a copyleft surprise", wherein someone incorporates a GPLlicensed work into their product and is surprised to find that theyare obligated to release their product under the terms of the GPLas well. Copilot institutionalizes this risk and any user whowishes to use it to develop non-free software would be well-advisednot to do so, else they may find themselves legally liable touphold these terms, perhaps ultimately being required to releasetheir works under the terms of a license which is undesirable fortheir goals.

Chances are that many people will disagree with DeVault's reasoning, butthis is an issue that merits some discussion still.