So basically steal code from OSS, oh no I meant "get inspired by" OSS code without actually contributing anything. This is just gross as a developer imo.

For most OSS code there is no responsibility to share your changes when you're not distributing them to other people. More so there are plenty of OSS licences that simply allow other people to do just this.

We're big believers in personal software: even with OSS alts existing, building your own in your stack is valuable. Before AI, you'd read code from other apps, understand the implementation, and reimplement it yourself. This just makes that easier and faster.

My projects (Openship/Openfront[0]) are the first on the chopping block. We're creating modular OSS alts for every vertical (barbershops, hotels, etc.) for folks to take, remix, adapt, or fork into their tools. Chances are your AI model is already trained on similar OSS and building from it anyway. We make finding the exact code reliable. Check out our ethos to learn more [1].

[0] https://openship.org

[1] https://opensource.builders/ethos

You can't "steal code from OSS". The original code is still OSS.