In a fight between two “Agent” coding tools – an anthropic Claude code And Openai’s Kodax CLI – The latter is promoting the developer’s goodwill than the former. This is at least partially because Anthropic has issued notices to a developer that are trying the reverse engineer cloud code, which is under the license more binding than the codex CLI.
Claude code and codecs are CLI doling tools that meet the same thing: Allow developers to tap the power of AI models operating in the cloud to complete different coding tasks. Anthropic and Openi released them within each other’s months – each company racked up to capture valuable developer Mind Share.
Codex CLI’s source code is available under Apache 2.0 license, which allows distribution and commercial use. This is unlike the cloud code, which is linked to the Anthropic commercial license. This can be edited without the company’s clear permission.
Also “controversial” the source code for the cloud code. In other words, the source code of the cloud code is not readily available. When A The developer made it DOFS seed And issued the source code on the gut hub, the anthropic file DMCA complaint – Notification of a Right Publishing Requesting Code Elimination.
Developers On social media Were not Glad The move, which he said was inappropriately compared with the rollout of Openi’s Codex CLI. One week or so since the release of the Codex CLI, the Open has integrated dozens of developer tips into the tool code base, allowing Kodax CLI. Tap the AI model from rival providers – including anthropic.
Anthropk did not respond to the comment request. To be fair with the lab, the cloud code is still in the beta (And a little little little little);; It is possible that Anthropic will issue the source code under a legitimate license in the future. There are many reasons for companies to promote the code, one of them considering security.
This is a surprising PR win for the open, which in recent months has ended in favor of the owned, lockdown products from open source release. This can be a sign of a wider change in the lab’s point of view. Sam Altman, CEO of Openi earlier this year He believed When it comes to open source, the company has been on the “wrong aspect of history”.