Minitap says Google's Artemis reused its code and removed author names

The mobile QA startup published matching files and a detached commit naming three contributors who disappeared from Google's release.

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Primary source: Minitap

Why it matters

The dispute tests whether a small startup can preserve credit when a platform company absorbs open-source work into a higher-profile project.

A person looks intently at computer code on a screen, with a smartphone resting on the desk nearby, in a dimly lit office environment.

Nicolas Dehandschoewercker (@nicodhnr), Minitap's co-founder and CEO, accused Google of releasing parts of the startup's open-source mobile agent under the Artemis name without crediting the engineers who wrote the original code.…

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