Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:30, Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,


>Hello,
>
[...]
>
>These apply exclusively to code and work done specifically for the
>Debian project (Debian websites, applications, resources, packages,
>etc.). They do not apply to any upstream work. In what follows, "work"
>refers to work covered by these guidelines.
>
> - All code and work assisted by a generative AI agent or tool must
>   comply with the DFSG.
> - The submitter is solely responsible for the submitted work and, by
>   submitting it, certifies that:
>   + any generated code has been reviewed and audited;
>   + all licensing-compliance duties have been fulfilled;
>
Sorry, but I fail to see how code generated by LLMs can ever comply with 
the DFSG. TTBOMK no model exists that a) was solely trained on 
DFSG-software, b) has DFSG-compatible licensing on itself and c) denotes 
from where in the training data the output comes from.

There is still a huge uncertainty to whether such output is 
copyrightable at all, and if so, under which license. If you let a 
function be generated where you can't be 100% if you don't have any 
license obligations due to the training data, this does not meet DFSG 
IMO.

best,

Matthias Geiger <werdahias>

Debian Developer -- KiCad Contributor
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