Post #1785031

2026-04-24 05:26 UTC

@tomgag Reading the blog, it's not really about AI --there's no law that gives you the "right" to be told it's AI code -- it's an oldstyle "It's all MIIINE" split by the sound of it. These are not new... normally what happens is whoever pours more effort in moving it forward, "wins". In this case a) the upstart guy will generate more effort using AI, and b) the Ancient Regime will imply it's tainted. Compatibility will likely go by the wayside. So it will be an interesting litmus test.

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@tomgag@infosec.exchange 2026-04-24 06:51

@hopeless I don't know enough to judge the full story, I am just reporting what the announcement says, and it mentions explicitly nondisclosure of AI in code production and hostile trademark registration and project takeover as reasons for the split. That said, it is always important to distinguish facts (above) from opinions (below): In my personal opinion: 1) Given the current (lack of) consensus on the ethics, quality, and legality of AI in code production, I think it is just good sense to disclose the use of AI when contributing (note this is also our policy at Shufflecake: AI code use is not forbidden, but must be disclosed); 2) in any case, appropriation of trademark in a community project can only be seen as community-unfriendly behavior at best, a jerk move at worst. And of course take this as a gut reaction without having still heard the other side of the story, which I'd be curious to hear since I started recently playing around MeshCore and I found it an interesting project.

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