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They don’t need to throw a stack of cash at them, Anthropic and OpenAI have programs for open source maintainers. https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-o

by croddin 7mo ago

They don’t need to throw a stack of cash at them, Anthropic and OpenAI have programs for open source maintainers. https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss https://openai.com/form/codex-for-oss/ https://openai.com/form/codex-for-oss/

Hamuko 7mo ago
I'd say they're less of "programs" as they are "six-month trials". What's the plan after six months? And for what's it worth, PyPy isn't even eligible for the Claude trial because they have a meager 1700 stars on GitHub.
- blitzar 7mo ago
  > What's the plan after six months? An unmaintainable mass of Ai slop code and the decision to either pay the ai tax or abandon the project.
- ratijas 7mo ago
  If number of stars may help projects adopt AI, that makes me reconsider starring projects at all.
  - cozzyd 6mo ago
    Better to pick projects not hosted on GitHub at all!
justinclift 7mo ago
Isn't the Claude one only for a few months? (I haven't checked the OpenAI one, as I have no interest in them)
- simonw 7mo ago
  Both programs have been announced as granting six months, but neither of them have explicitly said that there won't be options to renew for another six months. I expect they haven't decided that themselves yet and don't want to commit publicly until they've seen how well the program goes.
  - latexr 7mo ago
    Even if you’re right, no one should be making a decision of enrolling into those programs because maybe, with zero indication they’ll be renewed again in six months. You know what they could also do? Stop the programs for new enrolments next month. Or if if they renew them like you said, it could be with new conditions which exclude people currently on them. There are too many unknowns, and giving these companies the benefit of the doubt that they’ll give more instead of taking more goes counter to everything they showed so far.
    - localuser13 6mo ago
      If I understand correctly, they are literally giving things away for free for a 6 months period and we are complaining that they don't promise it stays free forever?
      - latexr 6mo ago
        No, you did not understand correctly. They are not “literally giving things away for free”, they are providing a very conditional free trial, which is a business decision and not anything new. Then a commenter speculated they might extend that program because they didn’t say they won’t and I pointed out it doesn’t make sense to assume they will. No one on this immediate thread made any complaint, we’re discussing the facts of the offering.
    - simonw 6mo ago
      Is your argument here that you shouldn't accept the free trial because you might find it useful and then be trapped into paying for more of it later?
      - latexr 6mo ago
        No, my argument is that your “but neither of them have explicitly said that there won't be options to renew for another six months” point is not something anyone should realistically be counting on, and is not a valid counter argument to your parent post of “Isn't the Claude one only for a few months?”. We should be discussing what is factual now, not be making up scenarios which could maybe happen but have zero indication that they will.
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by croddin 7mo ago

Hamuko 7mo ago

I'd say they're less of "programs" as they are "six-month trials". What's the plan after six months? And for what's it worth, PyPy isn't even eligible for the Claude trial because they have a meager 1700 stars on GitHub.

blitzar 7mo ago
> What's the plan after six months? An unmaintainable mass of Ai slop code and the decision to either pay the ai tax or abandon the project.
ratijas 7mo ago
If number of stars may help projects adopt AI, that makes me reconsider starring projects at all.
- cozzyd 6mo ago
  Better to pick projects not hosted on GitHub at all!

justinclift 7mo ago

Isn't the Claude one only for a few months? (I haven't checked the OpenAI one, as I have no interest in them)

simonw 7mo ago
Both programs have been announced as granting six months, but neither of them have explicitly said that there won't be options to renew for another six months. I expect they haven't decided that themselves yet and don't want to commit publicly until they've seen how well the program goes.
- latexr 7mo ago
  Even if you’re right, no one should be making a decision of enrolling into those programs because maybe, with zero indication they’ll be renewed again in six months. You know what they could also do? Stop the programs for new enrolments next month. Or if if they renew them like you said, it could be with new conditions which exclude people currently on them. There are too many unknowns, and giving these companies the benefit of the doubt that they’ll give more instead of taking more goes counter to everything they showed so far.
  - localuser13 6mo ago
    If I understand correctly, they are literally giving things away for free for a 6 months period and we are complaining that they don't promise it stays free forever?
    - latexr 6mo ago
      No, you did not understand correctly. They are not “literally giving things away for free”, they are providing a very conditional free trial, which is a business decision and not anything new. Then a commenter speculated they might extend that program because they didn’t say they won’t and I pointed out it doesn’t make sense to assume they will. No one on this immediate thread made any complaint, we’re discussing the facts of the offering.
  - simonw 6mo ago
    Is your argument here that you shouldn't accept the free trial because you might find it useful and then be trapped into paying for more of it later?
    - latexr 6mo ago
      No, my argument is that your “but neither of them have explicitly said that there won't be options to renew for another six months” point is not something anyone should realistically be counting on, and is not a valid counter argument to your parent post of “Isn't the Claude one only for a few months?”. We should be discussing what is factual now, not be making up scenarios which could maybe happen but have zero indication that they will.

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