Re: Nominations for Anthropic’s Claude for Open So urce program

Andrew Pinski <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:11:44 -0700
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 4:07=E2=80=AFPM Adhemerval Zanella Netto <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On 12/06/26 16:29, Andrew Pinski wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 12:19=E2=80=AFPM Carlos O'Donell <[email protected]=
om
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Developers,
> >
> >     Anthropic is generously offering 6 months of Claude Max 20x to Free
> and Open
> >     Source Software projects to support the FOSS ecosystem. These tools
> can be
> >     incredibly helpful with reviewing upstream code, evaluating the
> conformance of
> >     a particular interface to a standard, or just for your own learning
> and
> >     exploring the implementation of the project or subsystem.
> >
> >     If you are an established, active contributor to the GNU Toolchain
> and are
> >     interested in having access to Claude Max 20x under Anthropic=E2=80=
=99s
> Claude for Open
> >     Source program, please respond to this email thread with a short
> description of
> >     how you would utilize the access and the potential impact on the GN=
U
> Toolchain.
> >     The program's slots are limited and David Edelsohn and I plan to
> review the
> >     proposals. Please keep in mind that these are individual grants fro=
m
> Anthropic
> >     to you personally. If you are approved you=E2=80=99ll get an email =
from
> Anthropic with
> >     further instructions.
> >
> >     While the current GNU Project policy is not to accept LLM-generated
> content in
> >     the projects, that still leaves other uses like bug triage, patch
> review, and
> >     research as ways to use these tools.
> >
> >     --
> >     Cheers,
> >     Carlos.
> >
> >     P.S. This is not an endorsement of Anthropic, Claude or LLMs. We
> dislike
> >     having to say it, but please don=E2=80=99t use this thread as a pla=
tform to
> express
> >     your personal opinions about the companies or about AI=E2=80=99s im=
pact on
> the world.
> >
> >
> > Dont send out emails like this in the first place then.
> >
> > Also note coverity has been offering similar services for code coverage
> and static analysis for years now. But there was no notice like that sent
> out for this. Why try to push llm when static analysis does the same?
>
>
> gnulib guys seem to be experimenting with LLM for patch review recently
> [1],
> and it has uncovered real regressions [2]. And I recall that their
> experience with Coverity has been subpar [3], and I think they even
> started
> disregarding it.
>
> Personally, I see value in adding an LLM to the patch review phase,
> especially
> since we lack manpower and initial triage can help newcomers and uncover
> some
> issues.
>


All of this talk about llm and llm reviews is off-topic for this list.
Including the original email is off-topic and should not have been sent.

Carlos,
  Can you step down from the llm gcc working group for this email since it
shows a conflict of interest of prompting one product.  Plus it shows poor
taste of sending out an email about a non free product to a mailing list
about glibc development.
Can I also ask you to step down from CoC for violating the CoC here?

Thanks,
Andrea



>
>
>
> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-06/msg00016.html
> [2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-06/msg00037.html
> [3] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-05/msg00059.html
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contai=
ner"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 4:07=E2=80=
=AFPM Adhemerval Zanella Netto &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:adhemerval.zanella@lin=
aro.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid=
;padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br>
On 12/06/26 16:29, Andrew Pinski wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 12:19=E2=80=AFPM Carlos O&#39;Donell &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">carlos@r=
edhat.com</a> &lt;mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl=
ank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Developers,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Anthropic is generously offering 6 months of Claude=
 Max 20x to Free and Open<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Source Software projects to support the FOSS ecosys=
tem. These tools can be<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0incredibly helpful with reviewing upstream code, ev=
aluating the conformance of<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0a particular interface to a standard, or just for y=
our own learning and<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0exploring the implementation of the project or subs=
ystem.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0If you are an established, active contributor to th=
e GNU Toolchain and are<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0interested in having access to Claude Max 20x under=
 Anthropic=E2=80=99s Claude for Open<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Source program, please respond to this email thread=
 with a short description of<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0how you would utilize the access and the potential =
impact on the GNU Toolchain.<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0The program&#39;s slots are limited and David Edels=
ohn and I plan to review the<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0proposals. Please keep in mind that these are indiv=
idual grants from Anthropic<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0to you personally. If you are approved you=E2=80=99=
ll get an email from Anthropic with<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0further instructions.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0While the current GNU Project policy is not to acce=
pt LLM-generated content in<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0the projects, that still leaves other uses like bug=
 triage, patch review, and<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0research as ways to use these tools.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0--<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cheers,<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Carlos.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0P.S. This is not an endorsement of Anthropic, Claud=
e or LLMs. We dislike<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0having to say it, but please don=E2=80=99t use this=
 thread as a platform to express<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0your personal opinions about the companies or about=
 AI=E2=80=99s impact on the world.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Dont send out emails like this in the first place then.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Also note coverity has been offering similar services for code coverag=
e and static analysis for years now. But there was no notice like that sent=
 out for this. Why try to push llm when static analysis does the same?<br>
<br>
<br>
gnulib guys seem to be experimenting with LLM for patch review recently [1]=
,<br>
and it has uncovered real regressions [2]. And I recall that their <br>
experience with Coverity has been subpar [3], and I think they even started=
 <br>
disregarding it.<br>
<br>
Personally, I see value in adding an LLM to the patch review phase, especia=
lly <br>
since we lack manpower and initial triage can help newcomers and uncover so=
me <br>
issues.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">All of this talk about llm and llm revie=
ws is off-topic for this list. Including the original email is off-topic an=
d should not have been sent.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto">Carlos,</div><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 Can you step down from the llm g=
cc working group for this email since it shows a conflict of interest of pr=
ompting one product.=C2=A0 Plus it shows poor taste of sending out an email=
 about a non free product to a mailing list about glibc development.=C2=A0<=
/div><div dir=3D"auto">Can I also ask you to step down from CoC for violati=
ng the CoC here?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thanks,=
</div><div dir=3D"auto">Andrea</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_co=
ntainer"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde=
r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br><br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-06/msg000=
16.html" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.=
org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-06/msg00016.html</a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-06/msg000=
37.html" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.=
org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-06/msg00037.html</a><br>
[3] <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-05/msg000=
59.html" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.=
org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-05/msg00059.html</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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