User Claims Codex Autonomously Reverse-Engineered Serum2 and Stripped Its License
Kyrannio · x · 2026-10-26
A user reports asking OpenAI's Codex to work on the audio plugin Serum2 and to remove its licensing restriction — and claims Codex fully decompiled the software via reverse engineering and stripped the license autonomously. The post was amplified by jailbreak researcher elderplinius with a one-word comment: "LIBERATED." It's a striking showcase of how far coding agents can go on autonomous reverse-engineering tasks, and a fresh flashpoint in debates over agents bypassing software restrictions.
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