It seems far more likely that GitHub isn't answering the questions because they don't have answers that support what they're doing.
The ask here isn't "don't ever use AI code assistance tools", the ask here is "don't ship something as an AI code assistance product that fails to provide any means of tracking provenance and handling license compliance".
Quoting the post:
> Meanwhile, the work of our committee continues to carefully study the general question of AI-assisted software development tools. One recent preliminary finding was that AI-assisted software development tools can be constructed in a way that by-default respects FOSS licenses. We will continue to support the committee as they explore that idea further, and, with their help, we are actively monitoring this novel area of research. While Microsoft's GitHub was the first mover in this area, by way of comparison, early reports suggest that Amazon's new CodeWhisperer system (also launched last week) seeks to provide proper attribution and licensing information for code suggestions.
The ask here isn't "don't ever use AI code assistance tools", the ask here is "don't ship something as an AI code assistance product that fails to provide any means of tracking provenance and handling license compliance".
Quoting the post:
> Meanwhile, the work of our committee continues to carefully study the general question of AI-assisted software development tools. One recent preliminary finding was that AI-assisted software development tools can be constructed in a way that by-default respects FOSS licenses. We will continue to support the committee as they explore that idea further, and, with their help, we are actively monitoring this novel area of research. While Microsoft's GitHub was the first mover in this area, by way of comparison, early reports suggest that Amazon's new CodeWhisperer system (also launched last week) seeks to provide proper attribution and licensing information for code suggestions.