Malus.sh uses AI for clean-room clones of open-source software, stripping licenses while mimicking functionality. Satire with real payments, it spotlights AI's assault on code copyrights and open-source sustainability.
Malus.sh uses AI for clean-room clones of open source code, dodging licenses legally but sparking ethics firestorm. Developers fear ecosystem collapse as corporations exploit free labor without giving back.
A satirical but working tool called Malus uses AI to create "clean room" clones of open-source software, aiming to reproduce the same functionality while shedding attribution and copyleft obligations.…
