Re: GR -- Allow AI-Assisted Contributions

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote:

> Based on recent discussions, it sounds like we probably need a
> discussion in the framework of a GR to understand where we stand
> regarding AI-assisted contributions to Debian.


Hello Lucas, all,

With all due respect to your work on drafting this, Lucas, I strongly urge
us not to go through with a GR on this topic yet.  This is something which
both us and the larger free software community is still actively debating,
and a GR is a tool for when a decision is ready to be made.  Having a GR on
this matter now is premature and will be extremely divisive -- even
schismatic.

As someone with personally strong feelings about AI, I still believe that
we are better off with the current status quo where we can still discuss,
rather than vote and decide.

With hope,
-- 
Harlan Lieberman-Berg
~hlieberman