Am Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 01:16:11PM +0200 schrieb Timo Röhling: > Hi Tobi, > > I would second your proposal. > > * Tobias Frost <[email protected]> [2026-07-29 10:02]: > > The intention is to acknowledge the concerns around generative AI and > > encourage caution in its use, while avoiding new behavioural or Code of > > Conduct rules. Instead, it reaffirms Debian's long-standing principles > > of contributor autonomy, personal responsibility, and collaborative > > maintenance. > > > Comments welcome. If people think this option might be useful to have on > > the ballot, I'll formally propose it. > Like Marc's ballot option, your proposal shows trust in our contributors to > make the right (or at least a defensible) call. I think this is very much > consistent with the freedom we usually grant DDs and DMs in their work. > > I am unsure whether I ultimately prefer Marc's truly neutral stance or your > slightly anti-AI recommendation, but I would probably vote both of them > above NOTA, and I think it is a useful distinction to have, especially for > people who have well-founded reservations about the current state of the AI > landscape but also feel that outright bans or CoC amendments are excessive. >
Hi Timo, thanks, and yes, that's exactly the niche I was trying to fill. I wanted to provide an option for contributors who are sceptical of generative AI and would like Debian to express that caution, while continuing to rely on our existing principles of contributor autonomy, personal responsibility, and collaborative maintenance rather than introducing new behavioural rules. I'm glad that came across. -- Cheers, tobi
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