Re: AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md Are Concessions to Proprietary Services, Not Defenses Against Them

Richard Stallman <[email protected]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:33:27 -0400
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  > Pi Coding Agent <https://pi.dev/> is Free software (MIT License),
  > works with locally hosted models, and observes AGENTS.md.

  > OpenCode <https://opencode.ai/> is Free software (also MIT), works
  > with locally hosted models, and observes AGENTS.md.

  > Goose <https://goose-docs.ai/> is Free software (Apache 2.0), works
  > with locally hosted models, and observes AGENTS.md.

Just a reminder: in order for us to recommend them, the models would
have to meet the freedom criteria (we have not yet finished defining them).

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