--- title: "Stealing An Open Source Project: The OpenCode Story" url: https://daily.dev/posts/stealing-an-open-source-project-the-opencode-story-7w4hw16ny source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJBbVJ_wP0 type: video:youtube source: "Theo - t3․gg" published: 2025-06-23T12:55:24.778Z updated: 2025-06-23T12:56:21.475Z tags: ["open-source", "github", "golang", "cli"] reading_time: 26 upvotes: 14 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stealing An Open Source Project: The OpenCode Story **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 26 min read · 14 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A detailed account of the OpenCode project drama involving trademark disputes, hostile acquisition attempts, and open source project theft. The story covers how Dax and Adam contributed significantly to the original TermAI project, rebranded it to OpenCode, but lost control when the original maintainer Kushim accepted an acquisition offer from Charm CLI. Despite agreements about name ownership, Charm continues using the OpenCode name while Dax and Adam built a new project under the same name, leading to confusion and legal disputes in the open source community. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@rallisf1** · 0 upvotes > I really don't get why people still struggle with this stuff. Patents, Licenses, and Trademarks have been around for hundreds of years. **@byteoutlaw** · 0 upvotes > Welcome to the world of business - Business as usual. Sad but truth! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stealing-an-open-source-project-the-opencode-story-7w4hw16ny)