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Re:How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week by anematode on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @05:42PM (#47144411)
Source code is one thing; tests covering the codebase are another.

And if you just copy the source code or translate it one-to-one into a new language, rather than make a behavioral copy, there will be copyright issues.

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Re:How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week by sealeck on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:30PM (#47145038)
> there will be copyright issues

Next.js is MIT-licensed. Cloudflare's rewrite is... also MIT licensed...

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Re:How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week by anematode on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:39PM (#47145142)
Of course. I'm referring to rewrites of other software; you can easily launder GPLed code this way, for example.
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