Over on the AboutCode blog, lead maintainer Philippe Ombredanne writes about an agentic LLM sys [...]

Over on the AboutCode blog, lead maintainer Philippe Ombredanne writes about an agentic LLM sys [...]

Over on the AboutCode blog, lead maintainer Philippe Ombredanne writes about an agentic LLM system porting the ScanCode Toolkit to Rust. In the process, the LLM (or the people behind it) infringed the ScanCode trademark, stripped copyright and license notices, ""and started an outreach campaign, without ever engaging the AboutCode community"". Ironically, the toolkit is used to scan source code and binaries in order to figure out licensing and copyright information; it also reports on package dependencies, vulnerabilities, and more. > This is worth repeating: A comprehensive test suite, decent documentation, and curated datasets is what makes automated porting possible. It is also what makes a codebase easier to replicate without understanding it. > > The agent's initial approach, using an existing Rust license-detection library, failed to match ScanCode's output quality. The agent then did what any translator would do when a loose paraphrase fails: it copied the original more closely. The final port reproduces ScanCode's core algorithms, code organization, and data-driven architecture in Rust, not because the agent understood them, but because it had enough training data and test feedback to converge on equivalent code.

A three-year roadmap proposal developed by AboutCode in collaboration with the community to strengthen ClearlyDefined’s technical foundations, expand its capabilities, and grow its global adoption.

A three-year roadmap proposal developed by AboutCode in collaboration with the community to strengthen ClearlyDefined’s technical foundations, expand its capabilities, and grow its global adoption.

Dans le cadre de sa série trimestrielle de webinaires, OW2 donnera la parole aux projets AboutCode et Dropsolid, le jeudi 12 mars 2026 à 16h00. La série « Open Source by OW2 » est dédiée aux innovations open source, aux projets et à la communauté OW2, ainsi qu’aux opportunités de financement open source dont le programme européen NGI. Découvrez de nouveaux projets, des technologies, de l’innovation, des modèles ouverts au sens large (science/données/matériel/éducation/normes/protocoles/etc.), mais aussi des biens communs numériques, des financements, des modèles économiques, de la coopération et de l’impact social. Chaque webinaire met en avant un projet OW2 et un projet financé par NGI Zero Commons Fund. Découvrez l'agenda du 12 mars 2026 : * 16h : Introduction * 16h05 : Dropsolid : Construire la souveraineté numérique grâce à une gouvernance de l'IA transparente, par Tassos Koutlas et Paulina Ryters-Menapace, Dropsolid * 16h25 : ScanCode et la stack AboutCode : outil d'analyse logicielle (SCA) de référence du marché, avec Philippe Ombredanne, NextB * 16h40 : Conclusion Chaque présentation sera suivie d'une session d'échange ouvert entre les intervenants et participants. L’inscription est gratuite mais obligatoire (le lien est envoyé par mail). Les présentations ont lieu en anglais. N’hésitez pas à diffuser l’invitation autour de vous ! * lien nᵒ 1 : Présentation du webinaire * lien nᵒ 2 : Inscription * lien nᵒ 3 : Lien vers NGI Zero Commons Fund * lien nᵒ 4 : Lien vers OW2 Télécharger ce contenu au format EPUB **Commentaires :** voir le flux Atom ouvrir dans le navigateur

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OSI and AboutCode have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a new collaborative approach to stewarding and sustaining the ClearlyDefined project.

OSI and AboutCode have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a new collaborative approach to stewarding and sustaining the ClearlyDefined project.

The open source community is collaborating to establish common specifications for secure software development based on open source best practices.

:mag: ScanCode detects licenses, copyrights, dependencies by "scanning code" ... to discover and inventory open source and third-party packages used in your code. Sponsored by NLn...

:mag: ScanCode detects licenses, copyrights, dependencies by "scanning code" ... to discover and inventory open source and third-party packages used in your code. Sponsored by NLnet proje...

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