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0 pointsamarant10d ago0 comments

Even if you don't want prs that are ai assisted, sabotaging anyone who wants to fork your project doesn't really seem to be in the spirit of open source.

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bluefirebrand10d ago

I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support

Building giant monopolies on top of open source code wasn't in the spirit of open source either. Training AI that reproduces open source code without any credits wasn't either.

I'm not sure why people working on Open Source should continue to accept being whipped like that

altruios10d ago

It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles. someone else copying the flame does not make you colder. No matter how much brighter another candle burns.

But with that said: I think it's time we figure out how to exclude the metaphorical arsonists.

bluefirebrand10d ago

> It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles

With the expectation that they go on to share it with other candles, not with the expectation that they hoard all of the fire they collect for themselves

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giancarlostoro10d ago

> I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support

Always has been.

throawayonthe10d ago

good point, perhaps if ever doing something like this it should be kept to the contribution process... somehow

LPisGood10d ago

You don’t need to be sneaky. Just require all contributing PRs to say openclaw.

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bluefirebrand10d ago

I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support

Building giant monopolies on top of open source code wasn't in the spirit of open source either. Training AI that reproduces open source code without any credits wasn't either.

I'm not sure why people working on Open Source should continue to accept being whipped like that

altruios10d ago

It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles. someone else copying the flame does not make you colder. No matter how much brighter another candle burns.

But with that said: I think it's time we figure out how to exclude the metaphorical arsonists.

bluefirebrand10d ago

> It's the philosophy of sharing flames among candles

With the expectation that they go on to share it with other candles, not with the expectation that they hoard all of the fire they collect for themselves

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giancarlostoro10d ago

> I sort of think the spirit of open source is on life support

Always has been.

throawayonthe10d ago

good point, perhaps if ever doing something like this it should be kept to the contribution process... somehow

LPisGood10d ago

You don’t need to be sneaky. Just require all contributing PRs to say openclaw.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse