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

说明与用途

Google 发布的 Artemis 项目在未注明归属的情况下使用了 Minitap 的开源代码，违反了 Apache 2.0 许可条款。收到投诉后，Google 添加了归属信息，但仓库仍缺少 NOTICE 文件，且代理名称未更改。

问题

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.

结果

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

工作流

• 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.

证据

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.

来源

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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