mrihains relaunches Mike as OpenLex, drops the legal-advice disclaimers

A downstream fork strips the demo framing and the safety language in one swing - and reframes pricing as bring-your-own-API-key.

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mrihains has white-labelled the upstream Mike app as OpenLex across the interface: page titles, social previews, sidebar, logo, and login screens. In the same pass, the fork softens the chat-page warning that answers aren't legal advice down to a generic 'check responses carefully', and empties the safety notices on the auth pages entirely.

The pricing model shifts with it. The 'Free' tier label is gone, replaced everywhere by language like 'AI Token Cost Only' and a flat 'User' role. The fork is positioning OpenLex as a self-hosted product where every user brings their own AI keys, rather than a tiered SaaS with a free plan funnelling into paid.

So what Worth a glance for anyone watching how Mike forks are being repackaged as own-brand products - and a reminder that downstream rebrands sometimes quietly remove the safety language the original team put there for a reason.

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