Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian

Quoting Matthias Geiger (2026-07-22 19:45:34)
> 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.

Already today, human Debian contributors exist that use non-free
tooling like Gmail, and most likely human Debian contributors exist
that are trained on non-free licensed data. So I fail to undertand the
argument above.

 - Jonas

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