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research(licensing): verify the Copilot litigation state (Doe v. GitHub et al.) before the policy doc cites it #6056

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Parent: #6024 (licensing gate for the external corpus). Research source: prior-art doc ~/workspace/scratch/atlas-ingestion-brief-2026-11-04/prior-art-research.md (2026-11-04). Follow-up 35 (Cluster 6).

Why

The gate research cites the Copilot training disputes as context, not law: Doe v. GitHub/Microsoft/OpenAI saw most claims dismissed (2024), and no court has categorically held that training/indexing public code is fair use or infringement. That summary came from general knowledge and was explicitly not re-fetched during the research pass. Before the external-content policy (sibling decision under #6024) cites it in either direction, the docket state needs verification.

Scope

  • Current docket state: surviving claims, appeals, any rulings since the 2024 dismissals; any newer cases on indexing/embedding public content.
  • One-paragraph verified summary with sources, labeled with its as-of date.

Done looks like

The verified note linked from #6024; the policy doc cites only the verified version.

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  1. added
    area/infraInfrastructure, deployment, and operations
    kind/designA design proposal (design-architect): multi-step, phased, decision-bearing
    on Nov 5, 2026
  2. developing-today commented on Nov 5, 2026

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    queue/queuedHas a queued task in the Supabase agent queue
    task/triageQueue packet kind: verify, reproduce, and route this item
    work/assignedQueue worker lifecycle state
    queue/claimedQueue worker lifecycle state
    and removed
    queue/queuedHas a queued task in the Supabase agent queue
    on Nov 5, 2026
  4. dezren39 commented on Nov 5, 2026

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    🤖 Agent note · picked up

  5. dezren39 commented on Nov 5, 2026

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    🤖 Agent note · done

    Triage findings (verified fresh 2026-11-05)

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