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"This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Copilot as co-author without permission or notice (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] placebo@piefed.zip 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's part of the git extension, not github, according to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226 My understanding is that there is a separate extension for github: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/main/extensions/github Or do you need both for this co-authored thing?

In any case, the point is that vscodium is still based on the same source code, and Microsoft can do anything with it.