On Tue, 19 May 2026 19:07:19 -0400 The Wanderer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll be blunt: > > That clause not only leaves me disinclined to contribute to the > project, but disinclined to use it, and inclined to recommend > *against* other people using it. The explanations you give in that > document do not help with this, and some of them actually strengthen > it. I concur. I've been writing code for almost half a century. Some of it has contributed to projects such as Jet Propulsion Lab's Cassini mission. All of it without so much as a whiff of AI. I have yet to see any use for AI. So this policy excludes me, quite possibly to the detriment of the project. > This project already is what the policy describes. Every line of > apt-cacher-ultra was written by an AI assistant working with a human > director. Keeping the contribution model consistent with how the > project was built feels reasonable. You could have a policy of contributions only from intelligent entities. That would remove the artificial and unwarranted discrimination against natural intelligence. "Keeping the contribution model consistent with how the project was built" does not lead me to the conclusion that you have to accept contributions only from AI. I find it a complete non-sequitur. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
