kiki

This is an excellent glimpse at the big picture and I applaud whoever is behind it.

Please read this page all to the bottom and take note how you feel about it: https://malus.sh/

Then read the blog article at https://malus.sh/blog and notice what it does to you.

Only after doing both, please return to this post and tell me how you feel and what you think about it.

 

#AI #LLM #opensource #foss #license #supplychain

MALUS - Clean Room as a Service | Liberation from Open Source Attribution

Mar 13 at 12:18pmWeb
Show threadZ̈oéMar 13
@Kiki art. it’s beautifully written, maybe a bit too believable even.
Show threadjoëlMar 13

@Kiki it's good work. my main questions are: how can we be sure these "robots" aren't trained on any opensource-software with all those evil licenses?

and the second questions is out of character: isn't this just vibecoding with a little more evil intent? like, isn't this already de facto happening, but it's hard to prove? 😬

Show threadkikiMar 13

@jollysea yeah, your first point got me thinking, too, when I read it.

And yep, that definitely happens already. But so does IP theft of all other kinds.

Show threadGubbinsMar 13
@Kiki After reading through the malus.sh front page, I was laughing.
After reading the blog post, I was sad.
It's a excellent parody of the kind of half-baked solution the corporate mindset would come up with. But despite some levity ("100% CVE-free at time of delivery" made me LOL), the given context is a brutally accurate summation of the current situation facing FOSS.
Show threadkikiMar 13
@ambimist yeah, I was on an emotional rollercoaster, too. And the reality is truly crushing, both regarding the increased threat of supply chain attacks and the "failed" ideology of the open source ecosystem.
Show threadPrimoMar 13
@Kiki it feels incredibly yucky and while the first link made it feel increasingly like satire, the second one destroyed much of that confidence.
Mostly hoping it's satire because of the stuff they "redacted" but ew.
Show threadPrimoMar 13
@Kiki oh, and give it 2-4 weeks until I learn llm company ceos saying something much more unhinged that turns it from being satire to being wishful thinking.
Show threadkikiMar 13
@Primo yeah, it's satire but dangerously close to the current reality
Show threaddelCano  Mar 13

@Kiki I was expecting satire. Now I feel sick.
I mean, it is satire. But it is also absolutely believable, rational, and doable. So this may be satire, but nothing says it won't become real tomorrow, if the right kind of psychopath reads it.

It also feels kind of defeatist, kind of 'capitalism destroys all and no defense is possible'. Fuck, I don't know the answer, but there must exist one. We need to save the Free World.

Show threadkikiMar 13
@delcano yeah, I felt similarly. That just hits too close to what's currently going on. And that makes the piece really powerful.
Show threadBryan FinkMar 13
@Kiki I'm left wanting to upload a manifest, just to see what it gives me in return. The satire on the homepage and the blog post is excellently crafted, and I'm curious how they extend it to the "product".

But mostly I was shaking my head at the fact that this author has written an entirely new "Don't Implement The Torment Nexus", until I realized that the point was probably to question how vibe coding today is any different.
Show threadWinnie 🏳️‍🌈Mar 14
@Kiki there was a talk about the project at FOSDEM: 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

Show threadWinnie 🏳️‍🌈Mar 14
@Kiki …and meanwhile there is also the counterpart: https://nickvidal.github.io/bonus/
BONUS - Clean Room as a Service | Liberation of Proprietary Software into Open Source