Someone built a free Cluely clone

Free Cluely clone accused of stealing Someone built a free Cluely clone and now the open source community is accusing them of copying code without giving credit. Everyone knows Cluely by now. It's the viral startup that lets you "cheat on everything" by feeding you real-time AI answers. Viral AI "cheating" startup Cluely lands $15 million led by Andreessen Horowitz By Charles Rohlf A few weeks ago, they also raised $15 million in a Series A leg by A16Z. Now, their product currently charges $20 a month and gives you access to live meeting support, searchable transcripts, and AI generated follow-ups. But recently, Active Founders Daniel Park Founder CEO at Pickle | med school dropout at 22, spent 3 years finding co-founders | anime, basketball, boxing and the team at Pickle launched Pickle The Digital Clone Factory Glass Listen B Ask Show/Hide Invisible AI desktop assistant Open-sourced, no sign-ups, 100% free. Pickle a free open source version of Cluely called Glass. made a splash when Daniel tweeted directly at Cluely Dan Spark @dansparkx Good morning, @im_roy_lee! In just 4 days we open-sourced the latest @cluely called Glass. Same real-time meeting assistant, sharper output & design, but 100% free. Distribution isn't the moat; velocity is. Shows on X Provides important context: Directly addresses the post's claim Glass is a direct copy of another open-source project called "cheating_daddy" https://x.com/soham_btw/status/1940953786491027866 https://x.com/soham_btw/status/1940953795508919216 https://cheatingdaddy.com just four days, we open sourced the latest Cluely. That obviously went viral on tech Twitter, but then things took A developer named Soham - not that Soham Parkeh - but the creator of an earlier open source project called Cheating Daddy, noticed that parts of Glass's code looked very familiar. Now, Soham's project had been released cheating-daddy | LICENSE GNU General Public License v3.0 Permissions Commercial use Modification Distribution Patent use Private use Limitations Warranty Liability Conditions License and copyright notice Same License Disclosure source Same License This is not legal advice. Learn more about the GNU GPLv3. under GPLv3, which requires to carry that same license. soham @soham_btw open source isn't a free for all the gplv3 license has rules: if you use gplv3 code, your project must also be gplv3 releasing it under an incompatible license (like apache 2.0) is a violation, not a "shortcut" I can send you a DMCA for it, lmao Soham accused the Glass team of copying his repo, relicensing it under Apache 2.0, and removing attribution, which is a clear license violation if true. soham @soham_btw bad look for @ycombinator and @garrytan so many yc companies are just weekend wrappers, this is just another example Dan Spark @dansparkx Good morning, @im_roy_lee! In just 4 days we open-sourced the latest @cluely called Glass. Same real-time meeting assistant, sharper output & design, but 100% free. Distribution isn't the moat; velocity is. - and the original Glass announcement even received a community note mentioning that it was based on Cheating Daddy. So all three tools Cluely, Glass and Cheating Daddy are solving the same problem, which is giving users an AI powered edge in real time communications. But the story isn't about features anymore. It's about speed, distribution and who gets credit when the tech is easy to replicate moat is momentum.