This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
www.404media.co
Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers.

Malus’s site says. “Our proprietary AI robots independently recreate any open source project from scratch. The result? Legally distinct code with corporate-friendly licensing. No attribution. No copyleft. No problems.”…

“Some licenses require you to contribute improvements back. Your shareholders didn’t invest in your company so you could help strangers,” Malus’s site says. “Is your legal team frustrated with the attribution clause? Tired of putting ‘Portions of this software…’ in your documentation? Those maintainers worked for free - why should they get credit?”

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I am sorry, but… F*CK YOU, Malus, and the inhuman “developers” of Malus, indeed.

Such a… f*cking… ineffable sorrow…
No… f*cking… words…

Related: https://lemmy.world/post/44767797 (And people wonder why AI will ruin the world… malus.sh…)

  • irq0@infosec.pub
    10·
    3 days ago

    It’s satire

    The website itself is clearly satire and the 404 article also mentions it’s satire

    • Artwork@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      Of course, but it does not change anything in my view. It’s satire now, but there are uncountable cases of awful serious that starts with a joke.
      I hate them, and I will always hate it. I ABHOR everything about it.
      So, F*CK them… f*ck then hard, and their f*cking awful “joke”.

      “Some jokes are less agreeable than others.” ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

      Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

    • Kirca@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      I think when you get to the point that you are providing the service, and taking money for it, it stops being satire. They even pulled the “well somebody is going to make money off this anyway so why not us”.