Cal.com, an open source scheduling platform, has closed access to its codebase citing concerns about AI-related threats. The decision highlights growing tension between open source principles and the risks posed by large language models training on publicly available code. This reflects an emerging industry pattern of open source maintainers reconsidering distribution strategies in the AI era.
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Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Lesson
Cal.com's retreat from open source over AI code-scraping fears exemplifies a reactive strategy that may sacrifice community value without actually solving the underlying problem of LLM training on public data.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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