Pluralistic: The (other) problem with automatic conversion of free software to proprietary software (23 Apr 2026)
Malus.sh uses AI to reimplement open-source code as "legally distinct" software, waiving copyleft and attribution. But AI-generated code isn't copyrightable, landing it in the public domain — not corporate-friendly proprietary software. The author argues the real threat to software commons is existing practices like SaaS and tivoization, not AI reimplementation.