On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 at 10:56, Gard Spreemann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Something like:
>
> DRAFT BALLOT OPTION
>
> **Ban AI-generated contributions, but allow AI assistance**
>
> Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the assistance of AI tools,
> including generative ones, during the work of contributing to the
> project. This includes e.g. tools used for research, learning,
> debugging, critique, adversarial testing etc. during the creation of
> contributions to Debian.
>
> However, the actual outputs of these tools suffer from several problems:
>
> * Unclear copyright status.
>
> * Difficulty with quality review and future maintenance.
>
> * Unanswered questions pertaining to what the preferred form of
> modification is for software created this way.
>
> Debian therefore prohibits the inclusion of any AI-generated code,
> documentation or other content into the project.
>
You've missed significant exceptions that GCC policy grants - grant on
changes below "legally significant" limit (~15 lines of code) and grant to
on adding tests as well as writing aids, including spell check,
translation, speech-to-text and reverse and so on. They also make a point
that AI patch review is fine.
And a note that this is to be reviewed as soon as next year, presumably
when FSF talks with lawyers are completed. This alone would make this
decision in Debian context basically equivalent to Further Discussion Plus.
--
Best regards,
Aigars Mahinovs
