Re: Super Simple AI Policy proposal

On Sunday 15 March 2026 08:34:25 Eastern European Standard Time Jin Liu wro=
te:
> Akseli Lahtinen <[email protected]> =E4=BA=8E2026=E5=B9=B43=E6=9C=8814=
=E6=97=A5=E5=91=A8=E5=85=AD 20:49=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A
> > Digging out this old thread, I wrote a draft in here:
> >
> > https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Maintainers_and_Contrib=
utions
> >
> > I did not expect it to already publish, but I welcome feedback + more g=
uidelines if
> > needed.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > - Akseli
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> I'm unsure about the "Avoid proprietary tools" section. Say if someone
> uses one of the
> proprietary (but free to use) IDEs from JetBrains, are we here just
> encouraging this
> person to try open source alternatives, or are we really asking the
> contributor to do
> so (like in "Check the licenses" or "Be patient")?

Maybe I could word it differently. What I mean with "Avoid" is that
we should try to strive for using our own tools or any other open tools
over proprietary tools.

What would be good way to write it?

"Prefer FOSS tooling?"

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> Or maybe it only applies if the contribution would introduce
> proprietary tools in the
> build process or future development work? E.g., when the contribution
> contains an art
> whose source format need a proprietary tool to edit.
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> -Jin
>=20

Best regards,
=2D Akseli