On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM Divya Ranjan <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > I don't think we should accept any contributions from LLMs, until FSF has > made it clear what their stance on the copyright situation is. That has not > been made clear, and this is the reason we do not accept LLM generated code > in Emacs core or ELPA as of now[0]. > > I think until that is cleared, we must reject any and all LLM contributions. > Even the copyright issue aside, Guix is a Free Software project where people > contribute because they believe in the freedom of theirs and others'. It is > well-known that almost all major AI services and their companies commit harm > to free software, our environment and create an environment of hostility. > > As hackers, we should not cede ground here. Recently someone "vibe coded" a > fork of GNU Emacs. They're pushing 940 commits a day at times. Not only is it > humanly impossible for anyone to go through that many commits, it encourages > a practice of focusing more on pushing unreliable code than on good design. [...]
Hi Divya, Addressing this not only to you but to anyone sharing similar beliefs. I do not want to discourage anyone expressing their opinion just as I do not want to discourage LLM-assisted contributions to the project. If you feel strongly about the latter and wish to move this beyond an ephemeral development list discussion then please submit a GCD (https://consensus.guix.gnu.org/gcd/001-gcd-process.html). Greg
