The team under Meituan, Guangnian Zhiwai (GN06), has officially responded to the code dispute involving its new AI browser product Tabbit, announcing that the controversial translation project has been removed from the latest version and fully open-sourced to give back to the community. The incident originated after the public beta of Tabbit AI browser was launched, when developers claimed that some of its translation functions' code might have copied the open-source project "Read-Frog."

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According to the official self-inspection report, the technical team forked the read-frog repository on December 30, 2025, when it had not yet declared any open-source license. The original author then added the GPLv3 license to the project on January 2, 2026, through Commit a0679e2. However, because Meituan's team did not continuously merge subsequent code, they failed to identify the license change in time. Although the fork happened before the license was clearly defined, Meituan emphasized its full respect for the original author's ownership. The relevant code has now been fully open-sourced as an independent project on GitHub for industry review.

This incident reflects the complex challenges large companies face in managing the compliance of their open-source supply chains while rapidly advancing AI product development. With the global AI application entering a period of explosive growth, the rights disputes between the developer community and enterprises are becoming increasingly transparent. How companies can maintain agile development while establishing a more rigorous open-source governance system has become a must-learn subject in the second half of the AI competition.