Re: Super Simple AI Policy proposal

On 15 March 2026 16=2E34=2E37 EET, Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo=2Edev> =
wrote:
>On Sunday 15 March 2026 08:34:25 Eastern European Standard Time Jin Liu w=
rote:
>> Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo=2Edev> =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=2Ekde=2Eorg/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Maintainers_and_C=
ontributions
>> >
>> > I did not expect it to already publish, but I welcome feedback + more=
 guidelines if
>> > needed=2E
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > - Akseli
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>> I'm unsure about the "Avoid proprietary tools" section=2E Say if someon=
e
>> 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=2E 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=2E
>
>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=2Eg=2E, when the contributi=
on
>> contains an art
>> whose source format need a proprietary tool to edit=2E
>>=20
>> -Jin
>>=20
>
>Best regards,
>- Akseli
>
>

I updated this part to make it bit more clear