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OpenAI to Acquire Astral (maker of uv, ruff) (openai.com)
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Today we’re announcing that OpenAI will acquire Astral⁠, bringing powerful open source developer tools into our Codex ecosystem.

Astral has built some of the most widely used open source Python tools, helping developers move faster with modern tooling like uv, Ruff, and ty. These tools power millions of developer workflows and have become part of the foundation of modern Python development. As part of our developer-first philosophy, after closing OpenAI plans to support Astral’s open source products. By bringing Astral’s tooling and engineering expertise to OpenAI, we will accelerate our work on Codex and expand what AI can do across the software development lifecycle.

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[-] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

The tools are open source. Someone needs to fork them before it's too late.

[-] Brummbaer@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago

Good luck - uv is under a MIT license, so every fork is just a free buffet for openai to incorporate into their enshittified version of uv. There is a reason the GPL exists and many people will learn this the hard way ...

[-] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Your truust in the Law is admirable. OpenAI does not care at all about laws. They do what they want and have an army of lawyers to fight anyone who says differently. Just look at copyright laws.

This is why I am saying do it now. Better safe than sorry.

But, since all l am getting is abuse.... I'm out! Y'all have the say you deserve.

[-] Brummbaer@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago

The world does not consist entirely of the US.

While I agree that openai can buy enough "law" in the US to do what it wants, the license is important in other jurisdictions and can be enforced.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

alll I see is abuse? I see only one comment under yours (and its pretty reasonalbe from brummbaer) but maybe all the rest are folks I have blocked.

[-] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Not here....

[-] Vulwsztyn@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

the current versions will still be open source, you will always be able to fork them

[-] 30p87@feddit.org -2 points 1 week ago

But with slop in them

[-] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

It's version controlled.

[-] fruitcantfly@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

They’ve already been using Claude for at least the last few months; you’ll find a CLAUDE.md file and related settings in the uv repo if you look

[-] axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Too late for what exactly? Describe in actual detail.

You said it yourself, it's open source so why are you running from it? The code is and will continue to be there in the open.

[-] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

OpenAI can change the license at any time. Who's going to stop them?

[-] axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

It can also be forked at any time from the commit prior.

[-] a_good_hunter@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago

Nope, they can retroactively change it

[-] axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Commit history literally exists, you can go back to the commit prior to changing the license and fork it. Do you understand git in the slightest?

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