All this discussion of legality is interesting to me, because I'm pretty sure that if Github ran a search in the background, found the corresponding license for the code snippet, then showed it to the user in some cookie-banner like annoyance, it would be completely legal. This is what Github already does on their website with a search bar.
Yet somehow I think most people upset about Copilot would not like that outcome.
Yet somehow I think most people upset about Copilot would not like that outcome.