The 32,000-star DeepSeek plugin dsh-our-free-model has been hit with a mysterious "lawyer's letter" threat, which demands deletion of its repository within 7 days, though the letter has no sender details.

Beating AI Insight News: The DeepSeek open-source plugin project dsh-our-free-model, which has around 32,000 stars on GitHub, has suddenly received a 20,000-character "lawyer's letter". The poster claimed to be acting on behalf of the rights holders of WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy, accusing the project of reverse-engineering Tencent’s official client, bypassing interface verification, and using free credits to access AI models. The letter demanded the developer cease relevant activities within 3 days and delete the entire repository within 7 days, warning of potential litigation and regulatory reports if not complied with. However, the project had already removed Tencent-related channels at 10:29 AM that day. At 4:21 PM, another contributor submitted a pull request (PR) attempting to bypass Tencent’s client verification by modifying request content to restore model access. Approximately 39 minutes later, the "lawyer's letter" was posted. The contributor subsequently voluntarily withdrew the PR, and the code was not merged. What’s particularly odd is that the letter lacks key details: no law firm name, handling lawyer, authorized rights holder, contact information, or official seal. The account that posted the letter was only registered on October 16. The letter also claimed the developer had submitted code to restore access just 3 minutes after removing Tencent-related channels, but public GitHub records show the PR was actually submitted nearly 6 hours later. No official confirmation from Tencent regarding the letter has been released. Numerous developers in the community have questioned its authenticity, suspecting someone is using the lawyer’s letter to exert pressure.