Discourse reaffirms its commitment to remain open-source, rejecting Cal.com's decision to close their codebase citing AI-powered security threats. The company argues that transparency enables stronger collective defense against vulnerabilities rather than weakening it. Discourse maintains its GPLv2-licensed public repository since 2013 as foundational to its mission.
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Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source
Discourse rejects Cal.com's closed-source pivot, arguing that transparent open-source provides stronger AI security defenses than proprietary code.
Friday, April 17, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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