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They didn't fix the licenses. Microsoft VSCode was originally MIT licensed, which PearAI is now relicensing as Apache, and has removed the Microsoft copyright clause in their root repo.

Similarly, with their extension repo which they forked from Continue, they now have two LICENSE files, one from Continue, one from PearAI, both Apache. This could be argued to be almost correct, but it would be clearer if they did it correctly and had one LICENSE file there with both copyright clauses from both PearAI and Continue.

Additionally they don't seem to use any contributor agreements, so people who contribute to their repos will maintain their own personal copyrights. That means that the copyright clauses on the licenses are technically invalid as the repos contain works from various individuals who have not given their permission to license their works in any way.

Disregarding the legal aspects, what they are doing is morally clearly wrong as they are crudely exploiting the works of others without contributing back to them in any way.




270k USD job but couldn't hire a lawyer to fix their license situation.




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