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Re: Codex for open source

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Post by arjie » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC

hmokiguess wrote: post #19

What does this clause here mean and why would they include it? https://developers.openai.com/codex/codex-for-oss-terms#7-su... Isn't the thing open source and governed by its own license?

That is interesting. I would have thought they had that right without needing to add it to the ToS.

Re: Codex for open source

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Post by tclancy » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC

drw wrote: post #13

Mycli ( https://github.com/dbcli/mycli ) is a happy recipient of sponsorship from this program. OpenAI asked for nothing in return; not even a link.

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Re: Codex for open source

#23

Post by 28304283409234 » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

6 whole months?! Gee golly thanks mister!

Re: Codex for open source

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Post by vldszn » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC

I applied for the first time a couple of months ago and again this month, but unfortunately I haven’t heard back from them :(

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Re: Codex for open source

#25

Post by upghost » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC

theprimagen called this[1] like three days ago. That was fast.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-bT5v5Tm7w&t=164s

Re: Codex for open source

#26

Post by hnthrow10282910 » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

28304283409234 wrote: post #23

6 whole months?! Gee golly thanks mister!

Agreed. Seems like it should be indefinite given they created a multi billion dollar company off the backs of these maintainers dedicating their hard earned timed for free to begin with and then trained models against their code.

IMO this is an insult if anything

Re: Codex for open source

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Post by jasonjmcghee » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC

upghost wrote: post #25

theprimagen called this[1] like three days ago. That was fast. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-bT5v5Tm7w&t=164s

They’ve been doing this since at least March

Re: Codex for open source

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Post by wyrdcurt » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

OutOfHere wrote: post #15

realo wrote: post #12

After what just happened to Anthropic, no way in hell will I ever use, support or give money to Kushner's OpenAI.

That was Amazon's doing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519092 Correction: only in part

The Axios article[1] I read says "calls from Amazon — as well as at least five other companies to a variety of senior administration officials Thursday evening and Friday morning — led to the model being shut down by Friday night".

Yes, Amazon is the only company named, but would anyone be surprised if OpenAI was one of the other five companies? It's hard to imagine a company that would materially benefit more from this event.

The evidence is circumstantial, of course, but can you blame people for making a connection?

[1] https://www.axios.com/2026/06/13/anthropic-amazon-white-hous...

Re: Codex for open source

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Post by zmmmmm » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Seems rather stingy - 6 months is barely longer than you will get on a free signup deal for a lot of online products anyway. Kind of worse than nothing if it causes you to adopt work patterns that aren't sustainable for the project after the offer ends.

Re: Codex for open source

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Post by colinsane » Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

a huge aspect of open source is the user -> contributor -> maintainer pipeline. maybe they mean well, but in fact they're constructing a wall between those last two groups.

especially in larger projects where maintainership duties are heavily delegated, the last thing i want is some tool that can only be used by me, because suddenly i can no longer share the workload that tool targets with people who aren't "technically" maintainers.