Posted by zhisme 17 hours ago
EDIT: Just another test, one of the most used codes in astro -- an ensemble Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo sampler https://github.com/dfm/emcee has 1600 stars. It just shows the 5000 stars is a bit PR, rather than a serious attempt to help open source.
That said, they do have a "contact us" line in there which implies some flexibility.
And completely excludes projects not hosted on Microsoft's GitHub or NPM (Though they do say you can contact them if you don't meet their insane criteria).
Plus, while 6 months is better than 1 month, why isn't it a recurring deal (or token-limited), which renews after check-ins (like educational discounts do). This sounds like an Apple TV+ offer you get for every Apple product you buy. A hook, more than a treat.
In this case, I guess it's just a slimy approach to building a self-selected lead list of people you can hard-hit with upsells after the 6 months.
Thank you for everything you ship*
*there's a 6 months limit we have on gratitute.
That doesn't mean they're not going to continue this, it just means they're being careful not to make promises which they'll want to roll back later.
No, thanks. I decided I don't want to play those games. I get MiniMax unlimited for 10$ per month, and free GitHub Copilot as an open source maintainer and contributor.
I don't need to beg to get some free stuff, only to later realize the only way to use it is through the shitty Claude Code.
Sad day. I hope so they are gonna change the TOS and punish anyone with a 1 million $ fine if someone lies.
That's the only way: criminal charges for students using AI(when forbidden such as academia) and people who plan to abuse it (stealing tokens against TOS).
it's impossible to compete with cheaters and with cheaters who stole money
What if we get proven code some other way?
Give our tools for free to prove their worth
No one will guess this is astroturf
A special program, with a special account
To get labeled data worth a big amount