On Fri, 29 May 2026 21:30:27 +0200 Matthias Geiger <[email protected]> wrote: > rsync has started to allow LLM-generated code in. This has already > resulted in user reports that saw subtle changed behaviour. > If you look at https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/commits/master/ > you can see all recent commits being co-authored by claude.
Why should this be a problem? The Linux kernel, LLVM and many other projects have done the same. Debian also allows this. "Changed behavior" is also expected with any code change: otherwise one would not need any code change. > Since this is also very questionable copyrightwise (since LLM code > cannot be copyrighted), please revert rsync to 3.2.1. Code that cannot be copyrighted would be public domain. This would not be a problem either and indeed be less problematic than highly impractical licenses like AGPL. Ansgar
