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Asahi Linux Drops MIT and Goes Full GPL After AI Tools Were Used to Steal Unreleased Code

It's FOSS By Abhishek Prakash Nov 8, 2026 · 6:56 AM 5 min read 0 views 0 comments

Asahi Linux Drops MIT and Goes Full GPL After AI Tools Were Used to Steal Unreleased Code — Image: It's FOSS

Every Asahi Linux repository is moving to GPL v2 or later, after bad actors lifted unreleased code and ran it through LLMs to hide where it came from.

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