Le 2026-08-21 à 15 h 32, Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx a écrit :
Hi,

This is the second call for the GR about LLM usage in Debian.

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[2] Choice 1: Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract
[5] Choice 2: Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions
[1] Choice 3: Reject LLMs as far as practical, update Code of Conduct
[8] Choice 4: Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work
[ ] Choice 5: Responsible Use of Generative AI
[7] Choice 6: A cautious approach to generative AI
[3] Choice 7: Debian is created by humans
[4] Choice 8: Avoid the use of LLM: climate destruction is a deal breaker
[6] Choice 9: None of the above
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BALLOT OPTIONS

Choice 1: Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract
===============================================================

     Preamble
     --------

     This proposal aims to expressly forbid any contributions to Debian
     written with the use or assistance of large language models (LLMs) or
     other generative AI tools.

     The scope of this GR is (non-exhaustive):
     - Debian source packages
     - Official Debian project software, such as lintian
     - Debian web resources
     - Documentation and translations added by Debian contributors
     - Official communication from Debian

     It does not include:

     - Upstream projects using LLMs for development
     - AI-related software
     - Upstream patches/security fixes etc.

     Rationale
     ---------

     Debian has a well-earned reputation for stability. This stability is
     crucial to Debian's position in the free software ecosystem. It is our
     belief that widespread LLM usage comes from the "move fast, and break
     things" attitude that, while common in many parts of this industry, is
     contrary to what makes Debian Debian, and is inappropriate for Debian
     contributors.

     In practical terms, LLM usage raises the following concerns:

     1.  Copyright
     -------------

     LLM output has very unclear legal status: it may be possible to
     copyright on its own merits, or not; it may be affected by all of the
     licenses and copyrights in the training data, or not. Debian Policy
     and the DFSG require absolute clarity for licensing and
     copyright[1][2]. Software and other contributions written
     conventionally by humans with unclear copyright or license status are
     not allowed in Debian; LLM output should not have a special exception
     to this.

     2. Quality
     ----------

     LLM output has many well-known problems with accuracy.[3][4][5] A LLM
     can never "know" if its output is correct since it merely produces
     syntactically likely combinations of the training data. In some
     environments this is good enough. In Debian, it is not. For instance,
     in packaging, each Debian source package is unique. Since packaging
     syntax and best practices have changed over time, a LLM-produced
     package will have a mixture of contents spanning the age of the
     archive, with watch files that do not work, overrides out of context,
     imaginary copyright, and will generally be unfit for upload. A
     seasoned Debian contributor with packaging expertise may find some
     limited usefulness here, but a new contributor cannot, and would not
     know how to fix it. These same quality and accuracy concerns apply
     clearly to all of the areas listed in the scope of this proposal
     above. If Debian were a closed organization comprising only domain
     experts who never leave, this might not be an issue; however,

     3. Community
     -------------

     Debian is a project that is more than just code: it is a community
     built on shared interests in free software and solving technical
     problems. Debian intentionally grows this community through many
     means, and new contributors are always encouraged to join. Allowing
     LLM contributions breaks this. New contributors submitting LLM output
     for review places an unnecessary strain on the reviewer, which can
     lead to burnout. Furthermore, LLM-dependent new contributors do not
     actually learn and understand the details of Debian packaging or
     processes, so they cannot come to replace a former burned out DD.

     4. Ethics
     ---------

     LLM companies directly hurt the free software community as whole by
     scraping the whole web for training data without any regard for
     license, copyright, or even established conventions such as
     robots.txt.[6] This has had a major negative impact on Debian's public
     web resources, effectively a large scale and perpetual Denial of
     Service attack on sites that many users rely on. As a consequence
     parts of our infrastructure were not reachable at all, and JS-based
     checks had to be enabled. Many other projects were similarly affected.
     Furthermore, LLM training consumes a staggering amount of
     resources[7], and the user verification systems that we have been
     forced to implement as protection waste resources as well. This is
     blatant disregard for the internet as a public resource, wastes system
     administrator time, and although individual LLM sessions do not
     directly use massive resources or DoS the public web, the fact that
     they can be used at all is a direct result of these unethical
     behaviours by the LLM companies.

     Debian has a Social Contract. [8] Our priorities are our users and
     free software. Debian is Stable. [9] Users and organizations choose
     Debian because it is reliable and secure.

     Debian is not here to generate as much code as possible requiring
     manual review by a shrinking number of human volunteers, or to package
     every piece of software, or to rush new features, but these are what
     LLMs are used for.

     In conclusion, allowing LLM contributions is contrary to the social
     contract and the common cause of creating a free operating system with
     a focus on quality and stability.

     Proposal
     --------

     In the interest of not eroding Debian's reputation or further damaging
     the community, LLM-assisted contributions should be prohibited from
     inclusion in Debian.

     Though our position is that LLM contributions are contrary to
     documents already ratified by Debian, in order to remove all doubt, we
     propose the following addition to the Social Contract:

     6. Works Created through the use of Large Language Models (LLMs)

     We will not allow direct contributions to Debian written with the use
     or assistance of large language models (LLMs) or other generative AI
     tools. Direct contributions are defined as packaging, native Debian
     software like lintian, documentation and translations written by
     Debian contributors, and official Debian web resources, etc. Other
     categories such as upstream projects written with LLM assistance may
     be included at a later date. This ensures that Debian remains a
     stable, trusted, and reliable operating system, and protects the
     interests of the Debian volunteers who make it possible.

     Possible Issues
     ---------------

     Other projects exploring similar decisions have elicited a common
     reply: "How will you enforce a ban on LLM contributions?" While
     enforcement could be a challenge, this is a statement of intent by the
     Debian community, and we trust this community to adhere to it in good
     faith.

     Citations
     ---------

     [1] 
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#copyright-considerations
     [2] https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
     [3] 
https://web.archive.org/web/20240614004123/https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/11/10/ai-chatbot-hallucinations/
     [4] 
https://web.archive.org/web/20250328154700/https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/biology.html#dives-cot
     [5] 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/openais-sam-altman-tells-salesforces-marc-benioff-that-ai-hallucinations-are-more-feature-than-bug-1c035c52
     [6] https://lwn.net/Articles/1008897/
     [7] https://tech-insider.org/ai-data-center-power-crisis-2026/
     [8] https://www.debian.org/social_contract
     [9] 
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/pr01.en.html#_what_is_debian

     Disclaimers
     -----------

     Citations are for background information only and do not reflect
     an endorsement of specific websites.  Some ideas and wording were
     derived from the sources below.

     Sources
     -------

     GNOME discussion:
     
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/loupe-no-longer-allows-generative-ai-contributions/27327
     (CC0) Gentoo AI policy:
     https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/AI_policyxi
     Codeberg AI policy:
     https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253#issuecomment-19820434

     This document was written by Matthias Geiger and Jesse Rhodes with
     input from Sledge and josch, organically and without language model
     assistance.


Choice 2: Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions
=========================================================

     Using its power under Constitution section 4.1 (5), the project issues
     the following statement describing its current position on AI-assisted
     contributions. This statement describes the position of the project at
     the time it is adopted. That position may evolve as time passes
     without the need to resort to future general resolutions. The GR
     process remains available if the project needs a decision and cannot
     come to a consensus.

     The Debian project recognizes that AI-assisted contributions raise
     many concerns, e.g. about the technical quality and maintainability of
     such contributions, and their legal status. AI itself also raises
     additional concerns, about its impact on society at large, on the IT
     industry and on Free Software; about its environmental impact; and the
     aggressive or non-compliant practices of AI scrapers.

     Nevertheless, many Debian contributors find AI tools helpful when
     contributing to Debian, and ultimately for improving Debian.

     Given both the benefits and risks of AI assistance, and the
     controversial discussions within the community, the Debian project
     finds it necessary to clarify its position on AI-assisted
     contributions and establish clear guidelines.

     The Debian project allows AI-assisted contributions (partially or
     fully generated by an LLM), provided the following conditions are met:

     1. *Tooling Legal Compatibility*: Contributors should ensure that the
     terms and conditions of the generative AI tool do not impose
     contractual restrictions that conflict with the distribution,
     modification, or use of the output in the context of Debian.

     2. *Licensing and Attribution*: If any pre-existing copyrighted
     materials (including pre-existing code licensed as free software)
     authored or owned by third parties are included in the AI tool’s
     output, prior to contributing such output to the project, the
     contributor should verify they have the right to submit it under the
     relevant open source license.

     3. *Accountability*: Contributors assume full responsibility for their
     contributions, including vouching for the technical merit, security,
     license compliance, and utility of their submissions. The contributor
     remains solely accountable for the entirety of these contributions.
     Contributors should fully understand the proposed changes and be
     prepared to justify them.

     4. *Disclosure*: When a significant portion of a contribution is
     generated or substantially assisted by a tool, contributors should
     disclose the use of the tool, making it clearly visible to the
     intended audience. This covers all forms of contribution, including
     code, mailing list posts, and bug discussions. The form of the
     disclosure is left to the contributor; one convenient option for
     commits is a Git trailer such as Generated-By: or Assisted-By:.

     5. *Prior Discussion of Bulk or Automated Changes*: Similarly to the
     mass-bug filing process (Developers Reference section 7.1.1),
     contributors should discuss their intention before submitting bulk or
     autonomously generated contributions. Any such automated process
     should be overseen by a human who remains accountable for its behavior
     and output.

     6. *Confidentiality and Privacy*: Contributors must not use generative
     AI tools that transmit data to untrusted providers with non-public or
     sensitive project information (such as embargoed security reports or
     private communication), as this may lead to the unintended disclosure
     of confidential data.

Choice 3: Reject LLMs as far as practical, update Code of Conduct
=================================================================

     Summary: Reject LLMs (generative "AI") as far as practical

     BACKGROUND
     ----------

     LLMs have many serious problems, including: undermining the mechanisms
     of free software community building; environmental damage;
     exploitation of authors; disruption to open web hosting by aggressive
     scraping; generation and promulgation of bullshit, polluting the
     information commons; hazards to users' mental health; economic bubbles
     and distortion of the computer hardware market; fraud; ownership by
     horrible people and companies; and so on. Ethical and safe use of this
     technology is almost impossible.

     Ideally, LLM output should not form any part of software that we rely
     on, nor should LLM output ever take the place of human-written prose.

     Unfortunately some of the wider software world, including many of our
     upstreams, take a different view. Therefore a complete ban on LLM
     output as part of Debian is currently impractical.

     REQUESTS
     --------

     1. We request that all contributors to Debian avoid the use of LLMs in
     their Debian work.

     2. We request that all decisionmakers within Debian discourage LLM use
     as much as practical. Practicality is a judgement call and we
     recognise that it will involve uncomfortable compromises.

     3. We request that everyone, even outside Debian, should refrain from
     using this technology. In particular, the Free Software and Open
     Source communities should reject LLMs. We recognise that not everyone
     will heed this call.

     REQUIREMENTS (SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODES OF CONDUCT)
     -------------------------------------------------

     4. Within Debian, messages to humans (including for example bug
     reports, mailing list messages, discussions on Salsa, and blog posts
     on Planet Debian) must be drafted solely by humans without LLM
     assistance.

     5. Moderators and disciplinary teams may make narrow and tailored
     exceptions to rule 4, and decide on interpretation.

     6. Any use of LLMs for Debian work must be disclosed.

     7. Individual projects and maintainers may ban LLM contributions
     completely. Such bans (including by upstream projects) must be
     respected.

     8. Violations of these requirements should be treated as violations of
     the relevant Code of Conduct and should result in swift and
     proportionate disciplinary action.

Choice 4: Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work
==========================================================

     Debian as a project does not endorse or recommend the use of
     generative AI assistants for software development, as it raises
     multiple concerns about ethics, legality, copyright, etc.

     Nevertheless, Debian acknowledges that these practices are already in
     use and here to stay. Rather than banning their use, which seems
     counter-productive and unenforceable, the project chooses to place
     responsibility on contributors and therefore defines the following
     guidelines.

     *These apply exclusively to code and work done specifically for the
     Debian project (Debian websites, applications, resources, packages,
     etc.)*. They do not apply to any upstream work. In what follows, "work"
     refers to the contributions done specifically for the Debian project.

     - All code and work assisted by a generative AI agent or tool must
       comply with the DFSG.
     - The submitter is solely responsible for the submitted work and:
       - they sufficiently evaluated and properly understand the work they
         intend to submit, and are able to explain and defend it;
       - they put any potential Signed-off-by tag and OpenPGP signatures on
         the contributions they send to the Debian infrastructure (package,
         commit, mail, …) themselves;
       - any content uploaded that would end up in production on Debian
         infrastructure (main git branch, package upload) has been
         submitted by them explicitely.
     - Work assisted by a generative AI agent or tool should be marked as
       such in the adapted place (commit message, changelog, …). Some
       lightweight generative tools, such as tab-completion in Copilot, may
       be used without the contributor realising they rely on generative AI
       models; we therefore trust submitters to assess when this rule
       applies. When in doubt, add such marking;
     - No cloud-based AI shall be used when the data transmitted could
       either be sensitive to the project (personal data, information under
       embargo, …) or not public (debian-private discussions, …).


Choice 5: Responsible Use of Generative AI
==========================================

     Using its power under Constitution section 4.1 (5), the project issues
     the following statement describing its current position on AI-assisted
     contributions. This statement describes the position of the project at
     the time it is adopted. That position may evolve as time passes
     without the need to resort to future general resolutions. The GR
     process remains available if the project needs a decision and cannot
     come to a consensus.

     Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools
     in the development, maintenance, or documentation of software,
     packaging, documentation, and other media published within the Debian
     Project. We recognize that such tools can substantially improve the
     productivity of contributors when used responsibly, allowing
     volunteers to spend more of their limited time on work that requires
     technical expertise, judgment, review, and collaboration.

     The Debian Project nevertheless expects that all contributions
     submitted to Debian, regardless of how and with which tools they were
     produced, satisfy the same standards of quality, correctness,
     maintainability, and legal compliance. The use of a generative AI tool
     does not diminish the contributor's responsibility for the work they
     submit. Contributors are expected to understand, review, test, and,
     where appropriate, modify AI-assisted output before incorporating it
     into Debian. Blindly accepting or uploading AI-generated material
     without appropriate human review is inconsistent with Debian's
     established development practices. We enourage our contributors to
     disclose whether a contribution was made with AI assitance, but do not
     require them to do so.

     Debian acknowledges that the legal status of material produced by
     generative AI systems remains the subject of ongoing discussion in
     many jurisdictions, including questions relating to copyright,
     authorship, licensing, and potential reproduction of training
     material. The Project does not seek to resolve these unsettled legal
     questions through this General Resolution, nor does it adopt a
     position on whether AI-generated output is, in whole or in part,
     copyrightable or derived from copyrighted works.

     Instead, Debian continues to rely on the judgment and responsibility
     of its individual contributors. Project members are expected to
     exercise appropriate care when using generative AI tools, to consider
     the provenance and licensing implications of material they contribute,
     and to avoid introducing content whose legal status they cannot
     reasonably justify. Existing Debian policies governing licensing,
     copyright, software freedom, and the acceptance of contributions
     continue to apply irrespective of the tools used to produce those
     contributions.

     Contributors are expected to exercise appropriate care when designing
     and implementing workflows that incorporate generative AI tools. In
     particular, they should ensure that confidential information, private
     communications, security-sensitive information (such as embargoed
     information about security bugs that is not yet public), cryptographic
     keys, credentials, and other non-public material relating to the
     Debian Project, its infrastructure, or its community are not disclosed
     to third-party AI services unless such disclosure has been explicitly
     authorized and is consistent with Debian's security and privacy
     requirements.

     The use of generative AI does not alter Debian's established
     expectations regarding large-scale or automated project actions.
     Contributors intending to perform actions with broad project impact,
     such as mass bug filing or patch submission, large-scale code
     modifications, or other automated changes or requests affecting many
     packages or contributors, should seek prior discussion and consensus
     through the appropriate project channels before proceeding. Any such
     automated process should be overseen by a human who remains
     accountable for its behavior and output.

     This resolution therefore affirms that generative AI is neither exempt
     from nor subject to special rules beyond the standards already
     expected of Debian contributors. The responsibility for every
     contribution rests with the contributor who submits it, who remains
     accountable for its technical quality, legal acceptability, and
     suitability for inclusion in Debian.


Choice 6: A cautious approach to generative AI
==============================================

     Using its power under Constitution section 4.1(5), the Project issues
     the following statement describing its current position regarding the
     use of generative AI within Debian.

     Debian recognizes that generative AI raises significant ethical,
     legal, technical, and social concerns. These include questions
     relating to copyright and licensing, privacy, the provenance and
     quality of generated material, the health of Free Software
     communities, and the long-term consequences of widespread reliance on
     AI-generated content.

     Accordingly, Debian encourages contributors to avoid the use of
     generative AI where practical and to prefer human authorship,
     collaboration, and technical understanding over AI-generated output.

     At the same time, Debian has long relied on the judgment and
     responsibility of its contributors rather than prescribing individual
     workflows. Contributors remain responsible for everything they submit,
     irrespective of the tools used in preparing a contribution. Existing
     Debian standards regarding quality, correctness, licensing, and legal
     compliance continue to apply.

     Contributors using external generative AI services should exercise
     particular care not to disclose confidential information, embargoed
     security information, credentials, cryptographic keys, private
     communications, personal data, or other non-public Debian information.

     Nothing in this resolution should be understood as requiring
     contributors to use generative AI, nor as preventing contributors or
     maintainers from choosing not to use or accept AI-assisted
     contributions. Debian's existing collaborative processes remain the
     appropriate means for resolving such differences while allowing the
     project to continue making progress.

     While disclosure is not required, contributors are encouraged to
     voluntarily disclose the use of generative AI where appropriate,
     allowing others who prefer not to interact with AI-assisted content to
     make informed choices.

     Such disclosure should be regarded as a courtesy to fellow
     contributors rather than an indication that AI-assisted contributions
     are subject to different technical or procedural standards.

     The Debian project has always recognized the commitment and
     professionalism of its members. All contributions are under the
     responsibility of the Debian Contributor making it, no matter the
     technology they have behind. We trust all Debian Developers,
     Maintainers and Contributors will continue to uphold the high quality
     values that have distinguished our project from its onset.

Choice 7: Debian is created by humans
=====================================

     Preamble
     --------

     This proposal aims to ensure that contributions directly to Debian are
     created by humans, while at the same time avoiding restrictions on the
     tools those humans may choose to use when contributing.

     The proposal deals with direct contributions to Debian, including, but
     not limited to:

     - Debian packaging
     - Submissions (messages, bug reports, patches, etc.) to the BTS,
       Salsa, mailing lists and other Debian platforms
     - Debian project software
     - Debian infrastructure
     - Debian web resources
     - Documentation and translation added as part of contributing to
       Debian
     - Official communication from Debian

     The proposal does not cover indirect contributions, i.e. those
     originating from upstream works.

     Generative AI is characterized by producing output of a nature that
     would ordinarily be produced and consumed by humans. The proposal
     seeks to restrict this output itself from entering Debian (except
     possibly indirectly, from upstream). It does not seek to restrict
     Debian contributors from consuming such output as part of contributing
     to Debian.

     Rationale
     ---------

     Debian has a well-earned reputation for stability. This stability is
     crucial to its position in the free software ecosystem. It is our
     belief that a significant part of this stability comes from Debian
     contributors having mutual understanding, trust and respect for each
     others' work and precious time. Generative AI tends to come with
     practical, legal, ethical or ecological concerns that warrant care or
     extra work that often ends up being borne by people other than those
     wielding the AI. We believe that this asymmetry between contributors
     leveraging generative AI to produce material, and those humans who
     bear that extra care and work, will erode the project's mutual
     understanding, trust and respect.

     While Debian has a long-standing tradition of strict rules for what
     goes into the distribution, it does not typically dictate what tools
     people use when contributing to the project. With this principle in
     mind, the proposal does not affect the use of generative AI as an
     assisitive tool to explore, research, analyze, critique, etc., when
     contributing. The responsibilities that come with using the output of
     an AI in such a role is then not transferred onto the wider project in
     the same problematic way as when the output itself is the
     contribution.

     Proposal
     --------

     In order to safeguard the project's mutual understanding, trust and
     respect, we disallow the output of generative AI as direct
     contributions to Debian.

     Those who use such tools assistively in their work are reminded to
     ensure that the resulting contribution is in line with the DFSG and
     the Social Contract in general.

     In summary, humans create Debian.

     Acknowledgements
     ----------------

     This proposal is inspired by GCC's AI Policy [1] and rust-lang's LLM
     Usage Policy [2]. Its wording is influenced by another ballot option
     [3].

     [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ai-policy.html
     [2] https://forge.rust-lang.org/policies/llm-usage.html
     [3] https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texta


Choice 8: Avoid the use of LLM: climate destruction is a deal breaker
=====================================================================
     LLM usage accelerates the destruction of our ecosystem (planet earth)
     and that is a deal-breaker

     Using its power under Constitution section 4.1(5), the Project issues
     the following statement describing its current position regarding the
     use of LLM (Large Language Models) within Debian.

     We don't have a concern with the LLM _technology_ as such: it's just
     maths and enough training material, which outputs a very large set of
     numbers that we can use to infer new material from existing material.
     But we cannot talk about the LLM technology without talking about who
     is pushing for its usage, who is doing the training and how, what
     effect those have on our limited resources, and what are the
     economical and political motives of these.

     Foremost we don't understand how anyone can agree that global LLM
     usage accelerates the destruction of our ecosystem, planet earth, and
     not feel like that is a deal-breaker.

     Too often the only response we've seen to this point was that other
     activities are also bad (some even worse) for the climate. How is this
     even an argument? The planet is burning, we should try to stop that as
     much and as fast as we can! If others aren't stopping, isn't that even
     more reason to compensate for their irresponsible actions?

     And while we're on that point: All of our users live on this planet,
     so protecting this planet is a matter of life and death for all of us.
     In other words, caring about something as big as climate change during
     our Debian work is self evident.

     Debian recognizes that LLM *also* raise significant ethical, legal,
     technical, and social concerns. These include questions relating to
     copyright and licensing, privacy, the provenance and quality of
     generated material, the health of Free Software communities, and the
     long-term consequences of widespread reliance on LLM-generated
     content.

     That said, we would like to emphasize that we condemn LLM (resource)
     usage but not LLM users. Fight the game, but not the players.

     We also acknowledge that LLM usage can be hard if not impossible to
     detect and that Debian as a distribution cannot really impose LLM
     policies on other projects we package and distribute. Therefore this
     text is just a position statement. This said however, we appreciate
     the disclosure of LLM usage.

     Accordingly, Debian encourages contributors to avoid the use of LLM
     where practical and to prefer human authorship, collaboration, and
     technical understanding over LLM-generated output.

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