Greg Hogan <[email protected]> writes:
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.
I will assume that "will not use genAi" here is referring to Item
1 under Project Commitments. Please note that there are important
qualifications after your selective quote.
Prior discussion of the interaction between Project Committments
and Policy for Contributions has focused on the first two policy
items. If you feel that policy Item 4 (Exploratory analysis) is
also in confict, the considerate move would have been to offer
constructive feedback to the author directly - and it's not too
late to do so.
As for Items 1 and 2 of Policy for Contributions: clearer wording
has been proposed [1], and the author has expressed support for it
[2], but you did not [3], [4]. As best I can tell, your objections
had nothing to do with clarity, but were because the clarified
text didn't match your preferred interpretation.
Expressing disagreement over positions and interpretations is
fine, but I object to the insinuation that any wording ambiguities
in the doc are evidence of blatant carelessness and lack of
motivation to reach consensus.
Jason
[1]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-07/msg00033.html
[2]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-07/msg00034.html
[3]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-07/msg00038.html
[4]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-07/msg00046.html
