Re: Retiring from the Project (vv221)

On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:17:23 +0200
Antoine Le Gonidec <[email protected]> wrote:

> Initially sent to debian-private, shared here because I want the
> consequences of Debian fully embracing fascist-backed technology to
> be known.
> 
> I do not expect any other Debian Developer to follow my example, that
> the most pro-LLM of all options won the last vote tells me all I need
> to know about the people I used to work with.
> 
> Do not CC me if you answer to that e-mail, I am no longer interested
> in anything coming from Debian.

(Intentionally removed Antoine from the CC list as requested.)

> -----
> 
> I can not support the current decision of Debian about LLM use, and
> am no longer willing to be seen as a part of Debian under these new
> rules. Pretending to have a "neutral stance" when faced with fascism
> is not neutrality, it’s active collaboration.

Not sure if there's any point in saying this, but the fact that the
technology has notable companies pushing it forward that are often
associated with fascism does not mean that the technology itself is
somehow inextricably linked to fascism, just like how Microsoft making
an operating system doesn't associate operating systems in general with
Microsoft or their goals. The GR was concerned with the technology as a
whole AFAICT, not the companies developing some variants of it.

I also can't help but feel that this sentiment expressed in this way is
probably is not comfortable for anyone contributing to the Debian AI
Team [1].

--
Aaron

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianAI

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