On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 3:50 AM Hugo Buddelmeijer via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution. <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > The GCD allows "exploratory analysis" using genAI [...]
Au contraire, Hugo, not for you. Maybe. The author has stated his interpretation that the "will not use genAi" commitment takes precedence over the remainder of the document. The author has also stated the contrary, and even proposed wording that would make clear that the policy for contributions permissions are universal. So we find ourselves at or near the end of the discussion period with a document that essentially permanently preserves the status quo. You say "The current status quo is that "anything goes", and it is clear that no-one is happy with that." but this unhappiness is one-sided, as seen with the sturm and drang around some minor use of an LLM when interacting with the project. I agree with the GCD that AI should be sandboxed, but this was a simulation of harm. However, if this proposal convinces the restrictivists that the project has completely banned the use of AI while others continue to google build errors and bugs, keeping LLMs in the closet, if the ambiguity is necessary to preserve the community, well done Ludo'.
