Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian

Ian Jackson <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:31:19 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.vote
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian"):
> Ian Jackson [25/Jul  4:28pm +01] wrote:
> > So far things on my todo list are:
> >
> >  * Allow listmasters, Planet admins, and possibly individual
> >    maintainers, to make exceptions to the "human only" rule.
> >    (Subthreads started by Andrea and Tiago
> 
> This would take out what I think is the most important thing about the
> proposal -- protecting our communications between each other.
> I think it's very significant to, as you put it, avoiding undermining
> the mechanisms of free software community building.

Yes.  But, what I want to do is allow these moderators to make
decisions about the shape of possible exceptions.

> So while I'd be interested in proposals to carve out some more specific
> exceptions, I don't support, and am not sure I understand, the
> motivation to grant a blanket permission here.

I will try to narrow the scope for exceptions.

Ian.