Minitap says Google's Artemis repo used its mobile-use code and stripped author names

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Minitap published side-by-side evidence that Google's new Artemis mobile-automation repository contains code copied from its Apache-2.0 mobile-use project, including word-for-word agent instructions, and that an August force push replaced the three Minitap authors' names. Minitap says four benchmark-submission emails to Google's AndroidWorld leaderboard went unanswered and is asking Google to acknowledge the derivation and correct attribution.

Why it matters

Tests whether open-source attribution norms hold when an AI giant absorbs a community agent project's work.

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Open-source attribution dispute involving Google; 135-point HN discussion

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