troy_s Mar 4

This is damn brilliance. Capital A Art. Respect.

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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."

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Show threadbkimMar 5
@troy_s wow, AI laundering. I wonder if they are aware that all that code is public domain, but not so much as look into their site
Show threadtroy_s Mar 5

@bkim I'm pretty sure it's Capital A Artwork.

If you read the little snippets it's very tongue in cheek.

I want to upload a manifest and see what it does.

Show threadbkimMar 5
@troy_s omfg this is absolute genius, you're right. Reality is so damn unrealistic that I didn't doubt one bit a service like this could be attempted
Show threadtroy_s 

@bkim So good, right?

Damn beautiful.

I want to know what happens if you upload a manifest though. I bet there's an easter egg in there!

Mar 5 at 12:52amWeb
Show threadKevin OttensMar 5
@troy_s @bkim Just did upload, I totally recommend, the job log is brilliant.
Show threadtroy_s Mar 5
@ervin @bkim Couldn’t get it to accept any of the manifests I found online.
Show threadvfigMar 5

@troy_s try this:

{
"name": "your-proprietary-app",
"dependencies": {
"leftpad": "^1.0.0"
}
}

Show threadKevin OttensMar 6
@troy_s @bkim Takes only package.json files apparently.
Show threadAdam MillerchipMar 5
@ervin @troy_s @bkim you entered valid card details into Stripe?
Show threadKevin OttensMar 6
@adam @troy_s @bkim There is a tell. Stripe is in test mode, a bunch of 42 and you're set. 😉
Show threadAdam MillerchipMar 6
@ervin @troy_s @bkim "your request was in live mode but used a known test card"
Show threadKevin OttensMar 9
@adam @troy_s @bkim Uh-oh... if it switched to live mode it starts to look more like a scam now.
Show threadtroy_s Mar 9

@ervin @adam @bkim

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets_end_open_source_together_with_this_one_simple_trick/

FOSDEM 2026 - Let's end open source together with this one simple trick