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Starting results calculation at Sat Aug 29 00:01:41 2026
Option 1 "Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract"
Option 2 "Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions"
Option 3 "Reject LLMs as far as practical, update Code of Conduct"
Option 4 "Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work"
Option 5 "Responsible Use of Generative AI"
Option 6 "A cautious approach to generative AI"
Option 7 "Debian is created by humans"
Option 8 "Avoid the use of LLM: climate destruction is a deal breaker"
Option 9 "None of the above"
In the following table, tally[row x][col y] represents the votes that
option x received over option y.
Option
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Option 1 111 88 118 115 108 95 92 144
Option 2 273 257 181 148 178 238 229 267
Option 3 213 125 133 127 118 132 124 176
Option 4 274 136 259 115 164 238 228 259
Option 5 287 203 272 232 210 251 244 281
Option 6 277 173 260 189 130 236 225 276
Option 7 230 149 193 150 139 133 148 213
Option 8 232 162 203 164 154 155 179 225
Option 9 257 139 230 146 126 133 192 176
Looking at row 2, column 1, Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions
received 273 votes over Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract
Looking at row 1, column 2, Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social
Contract
received 111 votes over Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions.
Option 1 "Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract" reached
quorum: 144 >= 47.2440472440709
Option 2 "Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions" reached quorum: 267
>= 47.2440472440709
Option 3 "Reject LLMs as far as practical, update Code of Conduct" reached
quorum: 176 >= 47.2440472440709
Option 4 "Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work" reached quorum: 259
>= 47.2440472440709
Option 5 "Responsible Use of Generative AI" reached quorum: 281 >=
47.2440472440709
Option 6 "A cautious approach to generative AI" reached quorum: 276 >=
47.2440472440709
Option 7 "Debian is created by humans" reached quorum: 213 >= 47.2440472440709
Option 8 "Avoid the use of LLM: climate destruction is a deal breaker" reached
quorum: 225 >= 47.2440472440709
Dropping option 1 because of majority. 0.560 (144/257) < 3
Option 2 passes majority. 1.921 (267/139) > 1
Dropping option 3 because of majority. 0.765 (176/230) < 1
Option 4 passes majority. 1.774 (259/146) > 1
Option 5 passes majority. 2.230 (281/126) > 1
Option 6 passes majority. 2.075 (276/133) > 1
Option 7 passes majority. 1.109 (213/192) > 1
Option 8 passes majority. 1.278 (225/176) > 1
Option 2 defeats option 4 by ( 181 - 136) = 45 votes.
Option 5 defeats Option 2 by ( 203 - 148) = 55 votes.
Option 2 defeats option 6 by ( 178 - 173) = 5 votes.
Option 2 defeats option 7 by ( 238 - 149) = 89 votes.
Option 2 defeats option 8 by ( 229 - 162) = 67 votes.
Option 2 defeats option 9 by ( 267 - 139) = 128 votes.
Option 5 defeats Option 4 by ( 232 - 115) = 117 votes.
Option 6 defeats Option 4 by ( 189 - 164) = 25 votes.
Option 4 defeats option 7 by ( 238 - 150) = 88 votes.
Option 4 defeats option 8 by ( 228 - 164) = 64 votes.
Option 4 defeats option 9 by ( 259 - 146) = 113 votes.
Option 5 defeats option 6 by ( 210 - 130) = 80 votes.
Option 5 defeats option 7 by ( 251 - 139) = 112 votes.
Option 5 defeats option 8 by ( 244 - 154) = 90 votes.
Option 5 defeats option 9 by ( 281 - 126) = 155 votes.
Option 6 defeats option 7 by ( 236 - 133) = 103 votes.
Option 6 defeats option 8 by ( 225 - 155) = 70 votes.
Option 6 defeats option 9 by ( 276 - 133) = 143 votes.
Option 8 defeats Option 7 by ( 179 - 148) = 31 votes.
Option 7 defeats option 9 by ( 213 - 192) = 21 votes.
Option 8 defeats option 9 by ( 225 - 176) = 49 votes.
The Schwartz Set contains:
Option 5 "Responsible Use of Generative AI"
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The winners are:
Option 5 "Responsible Use of Generative AI"
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