De : Matthias Geiger <[email protected]> À : [email protected] Date : 22 juil. 2026 20:01:23 Objet : Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:30, Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > >> Hello, >> > [...] >> >> 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 work covered by these guidelines. >> >> - 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, by >> submitting it, certifies that: >> + any generated code has been reviewed and audited; >> + all licensing-compliance duties have been fulfilled; >> > Sorry, but I fail to see how code generated by LLMs can ever comply with the > DFSG. TTBOMK no model exists that a) was solely trained on DFSG-software, b) > has DFSG-compatible licensing on itself and c) denotes from where in the > training data the output comes from. > > There is still a huge uncertainty to whether such output is copyrightable at > all, and if so, under which license. If you let a function be generated where > you can't be 100% if you don't have any license obligations due to the > training data, this does not meet DFSG IMO. > > best, > > Matthias Geiger <werdahias> > > Debian Developer -- KiCad Contributor > GPG: ECBEDBB607B9B2BE Following your logic, no upstream software using LLMs, eg the kernel, is DFSG-compliant. -- Pierre-Elliott Bécue
