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Public story · 2026-02-27 · source-backed
In a strategically timed move announced the same day as the Pentagon ban, Anthropic launched free Claude Max 20x ($200/month value) for six months to open source maintainers. Eligibility: primary maintainer or core contributor on repos with 5,000+ GitHub stars or 1M+ npm downloads, with recent activity. An exception clause covers those maintaining "something the ecosystem quietly depends on." This embeds Claude into the workflow of the developers who shape everyone's tools.
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