PCG Article Discussion for April 2026

[Pifanjr]

This AI open-source cloning software shows the gaping hole in code copyright

And the funny thing is, it seems like it's completely legal.

www.pcgamer.com

This article should've been much clearer about how the presentation, website and arguments against open source software are satire. Which isn't to say that companies wouldn't love to copy open-source software without having to adhere to their licences, but it obviously works the other way around as well. In fact, this has already happened:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039028162755965197

View: https://x.com/cyberracheal/status/2039028162755965197

 

[Colif]

looks at date of post... looks at time article posted... oh, its real... just checking.
Can't tell today. Its bad enough on normal days to know what is true, April Fools just makes it worse.

Carry on 😀

I wonder if they used Axios as that was a little booboo this week

its download 100 million times a week so I expect it caused problems somewhere.