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Closed-sourcing open AI projects backlash

April 3, 2026Pliny the Liberator 󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭

Pliny the Liberator announces all projects are going closed source, citing frustration with billion-dollar companies and VC-backed startups forking AGPL code into proprietary AI products.

“all pliny projects are going CLOSED SOURCE.”
“tired of watching billion-dollar companies and VC-backed startups fork my AGPL code”
“shove it in a closed-source wrapper, and call it “proprietary AI”
Pliny the Liberator 󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭
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