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Microsoft just made GitHub Copilot free and open source software under the MIT License. As of today, you can fork it, modify it and even build your own billion dollar competitor without going to prison.

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MIT License: opensource.org/license/MIT
GitHub Copilot: github.com/features/copilot
WSL: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about

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- How Microsoft open sourced GitHub Copilot
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