Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian

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Ian Jackson wrote:

> -8<- BEGIN PROPOSAL
>
> [ EDITORIAL NOTE FOR THE SECRETARY: When transposing this into an
>   actual ballot, please renumber paragraphs and delete this note. ]
>
> BACKGROUND
>
> LLMs have many serious problems, including: undermining the mechanisms
> of free software community building; environmental damage;
> exploitation of authors; disruption to open web hosting by
> aggressive scraping; generation and promulgation of bullshit,
> polluting the information commons; hazards to users' mental health;
> economic bubbles and distortion of the computer hardware market;
> fraud; ownership by horrible people and companies; and so on.
> Ethical and safe use of this technology is almost impossible.
>
> Ideally, LLM output should not form any part of software that we rely
> on, nor should LLM output ever take the place of human-written prose.
>
> Unfortunately some of the wider software world, including many of our
> upstreams, take a different view.  Therefore a complete ban on LLM
> output as part of Debian is currently impractical.
>
> REQUESTS
>
> 1. We request that all contributors to Debian avoid the use of LLMs in
>    their Debian work.
>
> 2. We request that all decisionmakers within Debian discourage LLM use
>    as much as practical.  Practicality is a judgement call and we
>    recognise that it will involve uncomfortable compromises.
>
> 3. We request that everyone, even outside Debian, should refrain from
>    using this technology.  In particular, the Free Software and Open
>    Source communities should reject LLMs.  We recognise that not
>    everyone will heed this call.
>
> REQUIREMENTS (SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODES OF CONDUCT)
>
> 4. Within Debian, messages to humans (including for example bug
>    reports, mailing list messages, discussions on Salsa, and blog
>    posts on Planet Debian) must be drafted solely by humans without
>    LLM assistance.
>
> 4a. Moderators and disciplinary teams may make narrow and tailored
>    exceptions to rule 4, and decide on interpretation.
>
> 5. Any use of LLMs for Debian work must be disclosed.
>
> 6. Individual projects and maintainers may ban LLM contributions
>    completely.  Such bans (including by upstream projects) must be
>    respected.
>
> 7. Violations of these requirements should be treated as violations of
>    the relevant Code of Conduct and should result in swift and
>    proportionate disciplinary action.
>
> ->8- END PROPOSAL

Thanks, my second carries over as well.

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