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Looks open-source to me - https://github.com/openai/codex/tree/main/codex-rs

For all this "AI is the future," how in the world does OpenAI's own codebase still have "TODO" comments for the most trivial thing I can possibly imagine? <https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/rust-v0.0.2505302325/co...> made extra wtf by a comment at the top of the file laying out that requirement, so no "?" required <https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/rust-v0.0.2505302325/co...>

I would bet it took more wall-clock time to type out that comment than it would have for any number of AI agents to snap the required equivalent of `if not re.match(...): continue` into place

Seems uncharitable to me.

  // TODO: Verify server name: require `^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$`?

There may be several elements of server name verification to perform.

That regex does not cover the complete range of possibilities for a server name.

The author apparently decided to punt on the correctness of this low-risk test -- pending additional thought, research, consultation, or simply higher prioritization.

OK, that's a good sign. I didn't see any links to the source in the Github thread, and the only mention of contributing in that thread is an email to apply for a job. I'm not going to delete my comment, because the subtree you showed doesn't have a LICENSE file so it isn't totally clear, but I agree it does appear to at least continue to be source-available.

Reviewing the source for this tree, looks like it's been in public development for a fair amount of time, with many PRs.

It is in fact totally clear. There is a LICENSE file in the root of the repository. Adding a new subtree (directory) should not call into question whether or not that tree is covered by the preexisting license. That's silly. If they wanted to change the license then there needs to be an actual change to the license.

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