Google's Artemis project reused Minitap's open-source code without attribution, credit added after complaint

Описание и применение

Google выпустил проект Artemis, использующий код Minitap без должной атрибуции, что нарушает условия лицензии Apache 2.0. После жалобы Minitap исправили атрибуцию, но некоторые требования лицензии остаются невыполненными.

Задача

Google released Artemis, an AI Android automation agent, containing code from Minitap’s open-source mobile-use project but omitted attribution, violating Apache 2.0 license requirements.

Результат

Google corrected attribution after public complaint, but the repository still lacks a NOTICE file and the agent name remains unchanged.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Minitap published evidence of code reuse on 11 Sep 2026.
• 2. Ground Truth verified commit history and author lists.
• 3. Minitap opened a GitHub issue on 11 Sep 2026 requesting attribution.
• 4. Google added a NOTICE and updated headers on 12 Sep 2026.
• 5. Google reverted a commit that added unrelated docs, then added proper attribution headers and README note.
• 6. The repository remains without a NOTICE file and the agent name unchanged.

Доказательства

228 of 229 files in Artemis's first public commit were identical to a second commit made ten minutes later; the only change was the package's author list, from three Minitap engineers to a single account.

Источник

The fix, and what is still missing: A public GitHub issue titled "Missing attribution to mobile-use and its contributors" was opened on 11 September. That evening a commit added a NOTICE crediting mobile-use; it was reverted hours later with the note "Please do not submit unrelated docs and codes in the same commit."

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